WGU C165 INTEGRATED PHYSICAL SCIENCES | QUESTION
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The study of forces, energy, motion -✔✔ Physics
The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form substances -
✔✔ Chemistry
The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that change
Earth -✔✔Earth science
Studies the natural worldUses testable ideas Relies on data from observations/experimentsPresented for
evaluation by other scientists
Leads to further questions/research -✔✔ essential attributes of science
The changing quantities in an experiment -✔✔ variables
What you change in an experiment on purpose -✔✔ independent variable
The variable that changes because of an independent variable -✔✔ dependent variable
The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated or kept
constant -✔✔control variable
When systems are observed as they appear in nature, researchers do not attempt
to changethem -✔✔ observational study
,A model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system -✔✔ physical model
A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms -✔✔ conceptual model
A model that treats physical objects/phenomena using mathematical
methods -✔✔mathematical model
A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer -✔✔ computer model
Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry -✔✔
principle offalsification
A testable statement about how something in nature works -✔✔ hypothesis
A concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated
experiments,describes a widespread pattern in nature (what) -✔✔ law
A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body
of scientificevidence (how/why) -✔✔ theory
Base unit of length -✔✔ meter
Base unit of mass -✔✔ kilogram
Base unit of time -✔✔ second
Base unit of temperature -✔✔ kelvin
, What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined -✔✔ Derived units
The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time -✔✔ Speed
Term for the amount of space an object occupies -✔✔ Volume
Method of determining the volume of an object by measuring the amount of liquid it displaces
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✔✔ Liquid displacement
A relationship between two variables where increasing one increases the other, and vice versa
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✔✔ direct relationship
A relationship between two variables where increasing one decreases the other, and vice versa
-✔✔ inverse relationship
A combination of speed and direction -✔✔ Velocity
Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction -✔✔ Acceleration
Term for a push or a pull with direction and magnitude. You may not feel it. -✔✔ Force
The sum of all forces acting on an object -✔✔ Net force
Term for forces that combine to produce a net force of 0 -✔✔ balanced forces
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED LATEST
2023/2024
The study of forces, energy, motion -✔✔ Physics
The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form substances -
✔✔ Chemistry
The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that change
Earth -✔✔Earth science
Studies the natural worldUses testable ideas Relies on data from observations/experimentsPresented for
evaluation by other scientists
Leads to further questions/research -✔✔ essential attributes of science
The changing quantities in an experiment -✔✔ variables
What you change in an experiment on purpose -✔✔ independent variable
The variable that changes because of an independent variable -✔✔ dependent variable
The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated or kept
constant -✔✔control variable
When systems are observed as they appear in nature, researchers do not attempt
to changethem -✔✔ observational study
,A model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system -✔✔ physical model
A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms -✔✔ conceptual model
A model that treats physical objects/phenomena using mathematical
methods -✔✔mathematical model
A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer -✔✔ computer model
Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry -✔✔
principle offalsification
A testable statement about how something in nature works -✔✔ hypothesis
A concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated
experiments,describes a widespread pattern in nature (what) -✔✔ law
A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body
of scientificevidence (how/why) -✔✔ theory
Base unit of length -✔✔ meter
Base unit of mass -✔✔ kilogram
Base unit of time -✔✔ second
Base unit of temperature -✔✔ kelvin
, What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined -✔✔ Derived units
The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time -✔✔ Speed
Term for the amount of space an object occupies -✔✔ Volume
Method of determining the volume of an object by measuring the amount of liquid it displaces
-
✔✔ Liquid displacement
A relationship between two variables where increasing one increases the other, and vice versa
-
✔✔ direct relationship
A relationship between two variables where increasing one decreases the other, and vice versa
-✔✔ inverse relationship
A combination of speed and direction -✔✔ Velocity
Term for any change in an object's speed and/or direction -✔✔ Acceleration
Term for a push or a pull with direction and magnitude. You may not feel it. -✔✔ Force
The sum of all forces acting on an object -✔✔ Net force
Term for forces that combine to produce a net force of 0 -✔✔ balanced forces
