INTEGRATED PHYSICAL SCIENCE C165
WGU COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1. controlled experiment - ANSWER An experiment in which only one
variable is manipulated at a time. Or a condition that is being held constant
2. independent variable - ANSWER what is being changed
3. dependent variable - ANSWER what is being measured
4. control - ANSWER In an experiment, the standard that is used for
comparison
5. Observational experiment or study - ANSWER studies attempt to understand
cause-and-effect relationships. However, unlike experiments, the researcher
is not able to control (1) how subjects are assigned to groups and/or (2)
which treatments each group receives. ... Therefore, a sample survey is an
example of an observational study.
6. field study - ANSWER a research investigation carried out in a naturally
occurring setting
7. laboratory study - ANSWER Research done in a laboratory
8. Physical Model - ANSWER A physical representation of an object.
Prototypes and appearance models are physical models.
,9. conceptual model - ANSWER a verbal or graphical explanation for how a
system works or is organized
10.mathematical model - ANSWER one or more equations that represent the
way a system or process works
11.Hypothesis - ANSWER A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
12.Theory - ANSWER A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant
amount of data. Explains why something happened.
13.physics - ANSWER the study of forces, energy, motion
14.Chemistry - ANSWER study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and
their interactions to form various substances.
15.Earth Science - ANSWER Earth's structure and composition, as well as the
processes that change Earth, such as volcanic and seismic activity.
16.astronomy - ANSWER The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in
space
17.Science - ANSWER An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence
about the natural world.
, 18.Precision - ANSWER a measure of how close a series of measurements are
to one another
19.SI - ANSWER is a scientific method of expressing the magnitudes or
quantities of important natural phenomena. There are seven base units in the
system, from which other units are derived. Universal for comparing data.
20.physical science - ANSWER the sciences concerned with the study of
inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and
related subjects.
21.life science - ANSWER the study of living things
22.Law - ANSWER A law in science is a generalized rule to explain a body of
observations in the form of a verbal or mathematical statement. Scientific
laws (also known as natural laws) imply a cause and effect between the
observed elements and must always apply under the same conditions.
Explains how it happened not why.
23.Observation - ANSWER Information obtained through the senses.
24.evidence - ANSWER proof
25.Data - ANSWER Facts and statistics collected together for reference or
analysis
WGU COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1. controlled experiment - ANSWER An experiment in which only one
variable is manipulated at a time. Or a condition that is being held constant
2. independent variable - ANSWER what is being changed
3. dependent variable - ANSWER what is being measured
4. control - ANSWER In an experiment, the standard that is used for
comparison
5. Observational experiment or study - ANSWER studies attempt to understand
cause-and-effect relationships. However, unlike experiments, the researcher
is not able to control (1) how subjects are assigned to groups and/or (2)
which treatments each group receives. ... Therefore, a sample survey is an
example of an observational study.
6. field study - ANSWER a research investigation carried out in a naturally
occurring setting
7. laboratory study - ANSWER Research done in a laboratory
8. Physical Model - ANSWER A physical representation of an object.
Prototypes and appearance models are physical models.
,9. conceptual model - ANSWER a verbal or graphical explanation for how a
system works or is organized
10.mathematical model - ANSWER one or more equations that represent the
way a system or process works
11.Hypothesis - ANSWER A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
12.Theory - ANSWER A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant
amount of data. Explains why something happened.
13.physics - ANSWER the study of forces, energy, motion
14.Chemistry - ANSWER study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and
their interactions to form various substances.
15.Earth Science - ANSWER Earth's structure and composition, as well as the
processes that change Earth, such as volcanic and seismic activity.
16.astronomy - ANSWER The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in
space
17.Science - ANSWER An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence
about the natural world.
, 18.Precision - ANSWER a measure of how close a series of measurements are
to one another
19.SI - ANSWER is a scientific method of expressing the magnitudes or
quantities of important natural phenomena. There are seven base units in the
system, from which other units are derived. Universal for comparing data.
20.physical science - ANSWER the sciences concerned with the study of
inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and
related subjects.
21.life science - ANSWER the study of living things
22.Law - ANSWER A law in science is a generalized rule to explain a body of
observations in the form of a verbal or mathematical statement. Scientific
laws (also known as natural laws) imply a cause and effect between the
observed elements and must always apply under the same conditions.
Explains how it happened not why.
23.Observation - ANSWER Information obtained through the senses.
24.evidence - ANSWER proof
25.Data - ANSWER Facts and statistics collected together for reference or
analysis
