WGU C165 Integrated Physical Science Exam Practice Questions

What is it called when systems are observed as they appear in nature, and researchers do not attempt to change them?

What is a model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system?

What is a model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms?

What is a model that treats physical objects/phenomena using mathematical methods?

What is a detailed, complex model calculated by a computer?

What principle states that only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry?

What is a testable statement about how something in nature works?

What is a concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated experiments, describing a widespread pattern in nature?

What is a statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large body of scientific evidence?

What is the base unit of length in the metric system?

What is the base unit of mass in the metric system?

What is the base unit of time in the metric system?

What is the base unit of temperature in the metric system?

What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined?

What is the name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time?

What term describes the amount of space an object occupies?

What method determines the volume of an object by measuring the amount of liquid it displaces?

What type of relationship exists between two variables where increasing one increases the other, and vice versa?

What type of relationship exists between two variables where increasing one decreases the other, and vice versa?

What is a combination of speed and direction called?

What term describes any change in an objects speed and/or direction?

What term describes a push or a pull with direction and magnitude?

What is the sum of all forces acting on an object called?

What term describes forces that combine to produce a net force of 0?

What does Newtons first law state?

What is the tendency to keep the same motion/velocity or remain at rest called?

What does Newtons second law state?

What does Newtons third law state?

What is the force that opposes the motion of an object on which it acts?

What is friction between two objects moving against each other called?

What is friction between two objects touching but not moving against each other called?

What is friction when an object moves through a gas or liquid called?

What is the attractive force between objects directly proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of their distance?

What is the name for the mass of an object times its velocity?

What term describes the fact that momentum is conserved when two or more objects collide?

What is the amount of bounce an object has after a collision called?

What is a collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved called?

What is a collision in which the total kinetic energy is not conserved called?

What term describes the displacement of an object in the direction of an applied force by using/converting energy?

What is the capacity to do work or cause change called?

What is the energy objects have because they are moving called?

What is energy that is stored called?

What is the formula for work?

What is the energy an object has due to its height above the ground called?

What is energy that is stored in the chemical bonds in a substance called?

What is energy stored in stretched springs, rubber bands, etc. called?

What is energy carried by electromagnetic waves called?

What is energy from the motion of atoms and molecules called?

What term describes the fact that energy cannot be created/destroyed, only transferred/converted?

What is a repetitive motion that occurs around a center point or equilibrium called?

What is a position or state to which an oscillating object eventually returns called?

What is a repeating and periodic disturbance (oscillation) that travels from one point to another, transferring energy called?

What type of waves require a medium (air, water, etc.) to travel through and cannot travel through a vacuum?

What type of wave has oscillation perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling?

What type of wave has oscillation occurring along the direction the wave is traveling?

What type of waves have both an electric and magnetic component and can travel through a vacuum?