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WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences Practice Test Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers) 1.The study of energy and forces of matter✔✔ Physics 2.The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes; atoms, molecules and their interactions to form substances✔✔ Chemistry 3.the study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space✔✔ astronomy 4.The scientific study of earth and the universe around it including structure, materials and processes✔✔ Earth Science 5.The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.✔✔ independent variable 6.The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.✔✔ dependent variable 1 / 3
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7.Structures that scientists build to represent something else.✔✔ Physical Mod- el 8.a verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or is organized- ✔✔ conceptual model 9.A description of a system using mathematical concepts and language like an equation.✔✔ mathematical model 10.a computer program that models an event or object✔✔ computer model 11.Only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry✔✔ principle of falsification 12.a statement that is worded so that it is falsifiable, or disprovable, by experimental results✔✔ falsifiable statement 13.Concise statement that summarizes the results of many 2 / 3
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observations and experiments✔✔ Law 14.A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimen- tal results.✔✔ scientific theory 15.The theory that the universe originated in a huge explosion that released all matter and energy.✔✔ Big Bang Theory 16.Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.✔✔ tec- tonic plates 17.The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.- ✔✔ continental drift 18.International System of units based on the metric system and units derived from the metric system✔✔ SI system
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