WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences | 245 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update

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WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences | 173 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 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 world Uses testable ideas Relies on data from observations/experiments Presented 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 change them -✔✔ 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 of falsification 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 scientific evidence (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 [Show More]

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