INTEGRATED PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- WGU C165 EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
The details of how moving water flowing around an object such as a
pebble can
enough forceexert
to lift it and carry it. ( correct answers )
physics
The detailed mechanisms by which acidic pollutants in the river
water change
limestone, which does not dissolve, into partially soluble material, causing a
large
to weather?
rock ( correct answers )
chemistry
The effect of weathering and erosion on features of the landscape over
long periods
time. ( correctof answers ) Earth
Science
Comparison of the fin structures and their use in different species of fish.
answers ) life
( correct
science
behavior of energy and matter ( correct
answers ) physics
how atoms and molecules interact ( correct answers )
chemistry
Earth and its various parts and processes ( correct answers )
Earth Science
living systems, and their interactions with their surroundings and
each other
correct answers ) life (
science
"Because of the way Earth's axis is tilted, there is less direct sunlight
per dayand
winter in the
temperatures drop" is mainly a statement about:
( correct answers )
Earth
Science
"When water freezes the water molecules join weakly in a specific way"
is mainly aabout: ( correct answers )
statement
chemistry
"Being less dense than liquid water makes the ice float." is mainly a
(statement
correct answers
about: )
physics
"The river freezes on its surface first" is mainly a statement about:
)( correct
Earth answers
Science
An experiment in which you deliberately change only one variable, and
observevariable
second how a changes as a result, while you hold all other variables that
you control
constant, is a:( correct answers ) controlled
experiment
GRADED
A+
, The variable that you adjust is called the________ ( correct
variable
independe answers )
nt
This is an example of employing a ______________ of ( correct
the river
model answers )
If the students decide to collect data from the computer simulation on
how
of the
the speed
water changes for different widths, but neglect to hold the rate of
waterthe
from entering
source at the same value, they are simulating a(n) _______________
experiment.
( correct answers )
uncontrolled
If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon per
minute in the
simulation to see the speed of the water change as the width of the
pipeindependent
the is changed, variable is ____________ ( correct answers )
pipe width
If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon per
minute in the
simulation to see the speed of the water change as the width of the
pipeindependent
the is changed, variable is pipe width and the the dependent
variable is
___________________( correct answers ) water
speed
After hearing about the research, one of the students in the class asks
the professor
"Which is the nicest river in America?" Why can't research in Earth science
answer question?(
simple the correct answers ) there is no falsifiable
answer
A model in science is ( correct answers ) a simpler system that is
analogous to the real system.
A team member notices that the winds blowing persistently from the
west over tend
mountain a to produce rain on the western side of the mountain but
much
on theless
eastern
rain side. ( correct answers )
observation
Based on knowing that temperatures tend to decrease with increasing
height, the
proposes that
team
maybe the moist air is being cooled when the wind from
west tothe
forces east
air upward. ( correct answers ) formulating a
hypothesis
The team tests this idea in the laboratory by measuring the
temperature
cylinder with inside
a movable
a piston so they can change the pressure of the
air, simulating
moving to the air to greater height. ( correct answers )
using a model
Based on extensive research results on prevailing winds, and how air cools
when it is
uplifted by winds over a mountain, the team develops a widely applicable
explanation
of rainfall and snowfall around mountains. ( correct answers )
constructing a
scientific
explanation
GRADED
A+
- WGU C165 EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
The details of how moving water flowing around an object such as a
pebble can
enough forceexert
to lift it and carry it. ( correct answers )
physics
The detailed mechanisms by which acidic pollutants in the river
water change
limestone, which does not dissolve, into partially soluble material, causing a
large
to weather?
rock ( correct answers )
chemistry
The effect of weathering and erosion on features of the landscape over
long periods
time. ( correctof answers ) Earth
Science
Comparison of the fin structures and their use in different species of fish.
answers ) life
( correct
science
behavior of energy and matter ( correct
answers ) physics
how atoms and molecules interact ( correct answers )
chemistry
Earth and its various parts and processes ( correct answers )
Earth Science
living systems, and their interactions with their surroundings and
each other
correct answers ) life (
science
"Because of the way Earth's axis is tilted, there is less direct sunlight
per dayand
winter in the
temperatures drop" is mainly a statement about:
( correct answers )
Earth
Science
"When water freezes the water molecules join weakly in a specific way"
is mainly aabout: ( correct answers )
statement
chemistry
"Being less dense than liquid water makes the ice float." is mainly a
(statement
correct answers
about: )
physics
"The river freezes on its surface first" is mainly a statement about:
)( correct
Earth answers
Science
An experiment in which you deliberately change only one variable, and
observevariable
second how a changes as a result, while you hold all other variables that
you control
constant, is a:( correct answers ) controlled
experiment
GRADED
A+
, The variable that you adjust is called the________ ( correct
variable
independe answers )
nt
This is an example of employing a ______________ of ( correct
the river
model answers )
If the students decide to collect data from the computer simulation on
how
of the
the speed
water changes for different widths, but neglect to hold the rate of
waterthe
from entering
source at the same value, they are simulating a(n) _______________
experiment.
( correct answers )
uncontrolled
If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon per
minute in the
simulation to see the speed of the water change as the width of the
pipeindependent
the is changed, variable is ____________ ( correct answers )
pipe width
If the students keep the rate of water entering the pipe at one gallon per
minute in the
simulation to see the speed of the water change as the width of the
pipeindependent
the is changed, variable is pipe width and the the dependent
variable is
___________________( correct answers ) water
speed
After hearing about the research, one of the students in the class asks
the professor
"Which is the nicest river in America?" Why can't research in Earth science
answer question?(
simple the correct answers ) there is no falsifiable
answer
A model in science is ( correct answers ) a simpler system that is
analogous to the real system.
A team member notices that the winds blowing persistently from the
west over tend
mountain a to produce rain on the western side of the mountain but
much
on theless
eastern
rain side. ( correct answers )
observation
Based on knowing that temperatures tend to decrease with increasing
height, the
proposes that
team
maybe the moist air is being cooled when the wind from
west tothe
forces east
air upward. ( correct answers ) formulating a
hypothesis
The team tests this idea in the laboratory by measuring the
temperature
cylinder with inside
a movable
a piston so they can change the pressure of the
air, simulating
moving to the air to greater height. ( correct answers )
using a model
Based on extensive research results on prevailing winds, and how air cools
when it is
uplifted by winds over a mountain, the team develops a widely applicable
explanation
of rainfall and snowfall around mountains. ( correct answers )
constructing a
scientific
explanation
GRADED
A+
