WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
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Physics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of forces, energy, motion
Chemistry - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of atoms and molecules, their
structures, and their interactions to form substances
Earth science - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of the Earth's structure and
composition, and processes that change Earth
essential attributes of science - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Studies the natural world
Uses testable ideas
Relies on data from observations/experiments
Presented for evaluation by other scientists
Leads to further questions/research
variables - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The changing quantities in an experiment
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,independent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔What you change in an experiment
on purpose
dependent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The variable that changes because of
an independent variable
control variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The variable(s) you don't want to study,
need to be either eliminated or kept constant
observational study - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔When systems are observed as they
appear in nature, researchers do not attempt to change them
physical model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A model of a physical phenomenon, such
as a planetary system
conceptual model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A model used to visualize things that
cannot be seen, such as atoms
mathematical model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A model that treats physical
objects/phenomena using mathematical methods
computer model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A detailed, complex model calculated by
a computer
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, principle of falsification - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Principle that only falsifiable
statements can be subject to scientific inquiry
hypothesis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A testable statement about how something in
nature works
law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A concise statement that is supported by scientific
evidence and repeated experiments, describes a widespread pattern in
nature (what)
theory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A statement that explains a wide range of
observations, supported by a large body of scientific evidence (how/why)
meter - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of length
kilogram - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of mass
second - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of time
kelvin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of temperature
Derived units - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔What is produced when the base
units/quantities are combined
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Physics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of forces, energy, motion
Chemistry - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of atoms and molecules, their
structures, and their interactions to form substances
Earth science - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of the Earth's structure and
composition, and processes that change Earth
essential attributes of science - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Studies the natural world
Uses testable ideas
Relies on data from observations/experiments
Presented for evaluation by other scientists
Leads to further questions/research
variables - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The changing quantities in an experiment
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,independent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔What you change in an experiment
on purpose
dependent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The variable that changes because of
an independent variable
control variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The variable(s) you don't want to study,
need to be either eliminated or kept constant
observational study - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔When systems are observed as they
appear in nature, researchers do not attempt to change them
physical model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A model of a physical phenomenon, such
as a planetary system
conceptual model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A model used to visualize things that
cannot be seen, such as atoms
mathematical model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A model that treats physical
objects/phenomena using mathematical methods
computer model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A detailed, complex model calculated by
a computer
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, principle of falsification - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Principle that only falsifiable
statements can be subject to scientific inquiry
hypothesis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A testable statement about how something in
nature works
law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A concise statement that is supported by scientific
evidence and repeated experiments, describes a widespread pattern in
nature (what)
theory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A statement that explains a wide range of
observations, supported by a large body of scientific evidence (how/why)
meter - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of length
kilogram - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of mass
second - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of time
kelvin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Base unit of temperature
Derived units - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔What is produced when the base
units/quantities are combined
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