WGU C165
WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
The study of forces, energy, motion - ANSWER ✔ - Physics
The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form substances -
ANSWER ✔ - Chemistry
The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that change Earth - ANSWER
✔ - Earth science
Studies the natural world
Uses testable ideas
Relies on data from observations/experiments
Presented for evaluation by other scientists
Leads to further questions/research - ANSWER ✔ - essential attributes of science
The changing quantities in an experiment - ANSWER ✔ - variables
What you change in an experiment on purpose - ANSWER ✔ - independent variable
The variable that changes because of an independent variable - ANSWER ✔ - dependent
variable
The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated or kept constant - ANSWER
✔ - control variable
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When systems are observed as they appear in nature, researchers do not attempt to change
them - ANSWER ✔ - observational study
A model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system - ANSWER ✔ - physical model
A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms - ANSWER ✔ - conceptual
model
A model that treats physical objects/phenomena using mathematical methods - ANSWER ✔ -
mathematical model
A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer - ANSWER ✔ - computer model
Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry - ANSWER ✔ -
principle of falsification
A testable statement about how something in nature works - ANSWER ✔ - hypothesis
A concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated experiments,
describes a widespread pattern in nature (what) - ANSWER ✔ - law
A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body of scientific
evidence (how/why) - ANSWER ✔ - theory
Base unit of length - ANSWER ✔ - meter
Base unit of mass - ANSWER ✔ - kilogram
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Base unit of time - ANSWER ✔ - second
Base unit of temperature - ANSWER ✔ - kelvin
What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined - ANSWER ✔ - Derived units
The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time - ANSWER ✔ - Speed
Term for the amount of space an object occupies - ANSWER ✔ - Volume
Method of determining the volume of an object by measuring the amount of liquid it displaces -
ANSWER ✔ - Liquid displacement
A relationship between two variables where increasing one increases the other, and vice versa -
ANSWER ✔ - direct relationship
A relationship between two variables where increasing one decreases the other, and vice versa -
ANSWER ✔ - inverse relationship
A combination of speed and direction - ANSWER ✔ - Velocity
Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction - ANSWER ✔ - Acceleration
Term for a push or a pull with direction and magnitude. You may not feel it. - ANSWER ✔ - Force
The sum of all forces acting on an object - ANSWER ✔ - Net force
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WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
The study of forces, energy, motion - ANSWER ✔ - Physics
The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form substances -
ANSWER ✔ - Chemistry
The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that change Earth - ANSWER
✔ - Earth science
Studies the natural world
Uses testable ideas
Relies on data from observations/experiments
Presented for evaluation by other scientists
Leads to further questions/research - ANSWER ✔ - essential attributes of science
The changing quantities in an experiment - ANSWER ✔ - variables
What you change in an experiment on purpose - ANSWER ✔ - independent variable
The variable that changes because of an independent variable - ANSWER ✔ - dependent
variable
The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated or kept constant - ANSWER
✔ - control variable
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When systems are observed as they appear in nature, researchers do not attempt to change
them - ANSWER ✔ - observational study
A model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system - ANSWER ✔ - physical model
A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms - ANSWER ✔ - conceptual
model
A model that treats physical objects/phenomena using mathematical methods - ANSWER ✔ -
mathematical model
A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer - ANSWER ✔ - computer model
Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry - ANSWER ✔ -
principle of falsification
A testable statement about how something in nature works - ANSWER ✔ - hypothesis
A concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated experiments,
describes a widespread pattern in nature (what) - ANSWER ✔ - law
A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body of scientific
evidence (how/why) - ANSWER ✔ - theory
Base unit of length - ANSWER ✔ - meter
Base unit of mass - ANSWER ✔ - kilogram
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Base unit of time - ANSWER ✔ - second
Base unit of temperature - ANSWER ✔ - kelvin
What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined - ANSWER ✔ - Derived units
The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time - ANSWER ✔ - Speed
Term for the amount of space an object occupies - ANSWER ✔ - Volume
Method of determining the volume of an object by measuring the amount of liquid it displaces -
ANSWER ✔ - Liquid displacement
A relationship between two variables where increasing one increases the other, and vice versa -
ANSWER ✔ - direct relationship
A relationship between two variables where increasing one decreases the other, and vice versa -
ANSWER ✔ - inverse relationship
A combination of speed and direction - ANSWER ✔ - Velocity
Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction - ANSWER ✔ - Acceleration
Term for a push or a pull with direction and magnitude. You may not feel it. - ANSWER ✔ - Force
The sum of all forces acting on an object - ANSWER ✔ - Net force
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