WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE VERIFIED
ANSWERS (ACCURATE SOLUTIONS) A+
PASSED!!
principle of crosscutting relationships - ✔✔✔If a rock, fault, or other feature cuts through a rock
layer, that rock layer must have been pre-existing in order to have been cut through. Determines
relative ages of different rocks
principle of falsification - ✔✔✔Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific
inquiry
principle of superposition - ✔✔✔Principle stating in undeformed sedimentary rocks, each bed is
younger than the one below it
Products - ✔✔✔The substances formed during a chemical reaction
pure substance - ✔✔✔A chemical containing only one type of element or compound
Reactants - ✔✔✔The substances present before a chemical reaction begins
rock cycle - ✔✔✔Name for the various processes that change rocks from one form to another
Runoff - ✔✔✔Water that is not soaked into the ground
second - ✔✔✔Base unit of time
sedimentary rocks - ✔✔✔Rocks made up of weathered particles (sand, silt, clay, gravel, cobbles, or
even boulders) that have been cemented together into hard rock
sound wave - ✔✔✔A disturbance we can hear that moves through a medium away from the
source
Speed - ✔✔✔The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time
star - ✔✔✔Celestial body that held together by its own gravity that releases light and other forms
of radiant energy generated by nuclear fusion
Static friction - ✔✔✔Friction between two objects touching but not moving against each other
Stratosphere - ✔✔✔the layer above the troposphere; the ozone layer is found in this layer, planes
fly here
Stratosphere - ✔✔✔The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, contains the ozone layer
subduction - ✔✔✔When one tectonic plate sinks into the mantle below another plate
Temperature - ✔✔✔Term for the measure of the average kinetic energy per particle
theory - ✔✔✔A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body
of scientific evidence (how/why)
thermal energy - ✔✔✔Energy from the motion of atoms and molecules. Depends on mass and
temperature
, Thermal energy - ✔✔✔Term for the total energy in the particles of an object
Thermosphere - ✔✔✔The atmospheric layer above the mesosphere where auroras occur, ISS
orbits here
Thermosphere - ✔✔✔The atmospheric layer above the mesosphere, where auroras happen and
the ISS flies
transform boundary - ✔✔✔A tectonic plate boundary where the plates are grinding past each
other, causing quakes but almost no volcanoes
Transpiration - ✔✔✔Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
transverse wave - ✔✔✔Wave where the oscillation is perpendicular to the direction the wave is
traveling
Troposphere - ✔✔✔The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere where weather occurs
Troposphere - ✔✔✔the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, where weather occurs
trough - ✔✔✔The lowest point in a wave under equilibrium
unconformity - ✔✔✔A buried erosional surface, suggesting a lack of information
valence electrons - ✔✔✔The electrons in the outer most shell of an atom
variables - ✔✔✔The changing quantities in an experiment
Velocity - ✔✔✔A combination of speed and direction
Volume - ✔✔✔Term for the amount of space an object occupies
Warm front - ✔✔✔A front along which a warm air mass moves over a mass of cooler air
wave - ✔✔✔A repeating and periodic disturbance (oscillation) that travels from one point to
another, transferring energy
wavelength - ✔✔✔The horizontal distance after which the wave repeats
weathering - ✔✔✔The alteration or breakdown of rock or soil
Work - ✔✔✔Term for the displacement of an object in the direction of an applied force by
using/converting energy
4 eons - ✔✔✔Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic
Acceleration - ✔✔✔Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction
Air mass - ✔✔✔Large body of air with the same temperature, humidity, and pressure
amplitude - ✔✔✔The distance between a wave's equilibrium and crest/trough in a transverse
wave, or how compressed/expanded the medium becomes in a longitudinal wave
asteroids - ✔✔✔Very small, rocky bodies that orbit the sun
Atom - ✔✔✔The basic building block of matter
atomic number - ✔✔✔The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE VERIFIED
ANSWERS (ACCURATE SOLUTIONS) A+
PASSED!!
principle of crosscutting relationships - ✔✔✔If a rock, fault, or other feature cuts through a rock
layer, that rock layer must have been pre-existing in order to have been cut through. Determines
relative ages of different rocks
principle of falsification - ✔✔✔Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific
inquiry
principle of superposition - ✔✔✔Principle stating in undeformed sedimentary rocks, each bed is
younger than the one below it
Products - ✔✔✔The substances formed during a chemical reaction
pure substance - ✔✔✔A chemical containing only one type of element or compound
Reactants - ✔✔✔The substances present before a chemical reaction begins
rock cycle - ✔✔✔Name for the various processes that change rocks from one form to another
Runoff - ✔✔✔Water that is not soaked into the ground
second - ✔✔✔Base unit of time
sedimentary rocks - ✔✔✔Rocks made up of weathered particles (sand, silt, clay, gravel, cobbles, or
even boulders) that have been cemented together into hard rock
sound wave - ✔✔✔A disturbance we can hear that moves through a medium away from the
source
Speed - ✔✔✔The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time
star - ✔✔✔Celestial body that held together by its own gravity that releases light and other forms
of radiant energy generated by nuclear fusion
Static friction - ✔✔✔Friction between two objects touching but not moving against each other
Stratosphere - ✔✔✔the layer above the troposphere; the ozone layer is found in this layer, planes
fly here
Stratosphere - ✔✔✔The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, contains the ozone layer
subduction - ✔✔✔When one tectonic plate sinks into the mantle below another plate
Temperature - ✔✔✔Term for the measure of the average kinetic energy per particle
theory - ✔✔✔A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body
of scientific evidence (how/why)
thermal energy - ✔✔✔Energy from the motion of atoms and molecules. Depends on mass and
temperature
, Thermal energy - ✔✔✔Term for the total energy in the particles of an object
Thermosphere - ✔✔✔The atmospheric layer above the mesosphere where auroras occur, ISS
orbits here
Thermosphere - ✔✔✔The atmospheric layer above the mesosphere, where auroras happen and
the ISS flies
transform boundary - ✔✔✔A tectonic plate boundary where the plates are grinding past each
other, causing quakes but almost no volcanoes
Transpiration - ✔✔✔Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
transverse wave - ✔✔✔Wave where the oscillation is perpendicular to the direction the wave is
traveling
Troposphere - ✔✔✔The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere where weather occurs
Troposphere - ✔✔✔the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, where weather occurs
trough - ✔✔✔The lowest point in a wave under equilibrium
unconformity - ✔✔✔A buried erosional surface, suggesting a lack of information
valence electrons - ✔✔✔The electrons in the outer most shell of an atom
variables - ✔✔✔The changing quantities in an experiment
Velocity - ✔✔✔A combination of speed and direction
Volume - ✔✔✔Term for the amount of space an object occupies
Warm front - ✔✔✔A front along which a warm air mass moves over a mass of cooler air
wave - ✔✔✔A repeating and periodic disturbance (oscillation) that travels from one point to
another, transferring energy
wavelength - ✔✔✔The horizontal distance after which the wave repeats
weathering - ✔✔✔The alteration or breakdown of rock or soil
Work - ✔✔✔Term for the displacement of an object in the direction of an applied force by
using/converting energy
4 eons - ✔✔✔Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic
Acceleration - ✔✔✔Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction
Air mass - ✔✔✔Large body of air with the same temperature, humidity, and pressure
amplitude - ✔✔✔The distance between a wave's equilibrium and crest/trough in a transverse
wave, or how compressed/expanded the medium becomes in a longitudinal wave
asteroids - ✔✔✔Very small, rocky bodies that orbit the sun
Atom - ✔✔✔The basic building block of matter
atomic number - ✔✔✔The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
