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WGU C165 Integrated Physical Sciences Questions and Answers Already Passed 4 eons Correct Answer- Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic Acceleration Correct Answer- Term for any change in a... n object's speed and/or direction Air mass Correct Answer- Large body of air with the same temperature, humidity, and pressure amplitude Correct Answer- 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 Correct Answer- Very small, rocky bodies that orbit the sun Atom Correct Answer- The basic building block of matter atomic number Correct Answer- The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom balanced forces Correct Answer- Term for forces that combine to produce a net force of 0 Cenozoic era Correct Answer- Current era, the age of mammals chemical bonds Correct Answer- the attractive forces that hold atoms together chemical change Correct Answer- When matter changes in chemical composition Chemical Correct Answer- Any substance that has a definite, fixed compositionchemical potential energy Correct Answer- Energy that is stored in the chemical bonds in a substance chemical reaction Correct Answer- When chemical bonds are formed/broken in a chemical change chemical weathering Correct Answer- Weathering resulting from chemical processes Chemistry Correct Answer- The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form substances coefficient Correct Answer- Number used to indicate the ratio of chemicals in a reaction, written before chemical formula cold front Correct Answer- A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass. comets Correct Answer- Relatively small, icy, dusty bodies that travel around the sun in very elliptical orbits Compound Correct Answer- a chemical combination of two or more different elements in a fixed ratio compression Correct Answer- Region of longitudinal wave where particles are close together computer model Correct Answer- A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer conceptual model Correct Answer- A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atomscontinental to continental boundary Correct Answer- A convergent boundary between two continental plates with no subduction, causing tall mountain ranges with no volcanoes but large earthquakes control variable Correct Answer- The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated or kept constant convection cell Correct Answer- A circular pattern of rising warm air and sinking cool air Convection Correct Answer- The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas convergent boundary Correct Answer- A tectonic plate boundary where the plates push into each other, causing large quakes covalent bond Correct Answer- Bond formed between atoms that share valence electrons crest Correct Answer- The highest point in a wave above equilibrium crust Correct Answer- Thin, outermost rocky shell at the surface of the earth dependent variable Correct Answer- The variable that changes because of an independent variable deposition Correct Answer- The process in which soil, sediment, or rocks are added to a landform Derived units Correct Answer- What is produced when the base units/quantities are combineddirect relationship Correct Answer- A relationship between two variables where increasing one increases the other, and vice versa divergent boundary Correct Answer- A tectonic plate boundary where the plates are separating, with volcanoes and few, weak quakes ductility Correct Answer- The ability to be stretched into wire Earth science Correct Answer- The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that change Earth Elastic collision Correct Answer- A collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved elastic potential energy Correct Answer- Energy stored in stretched springs, rubber bands, etc. elasticity Correct Answer- The amount of bounce an object has after a collision electromagnetic energy Correct Answer- Energy carried by electromagnetic waves. Light energy. electromagnetic waves Correct Answer- Waves with both an electric and magnetic component. Can only be transverse waves and can travel through a vaccuum Element Correct Answer- A pure substance made of only one kind of atom, defined by its proton count Energy Correct Answer- The capacity to do work or cause changeequilibrium Correct Answer- A position or state to which an oscillating object eventually returns to erosion Correct Answer- The mechanism responsible for the transportation or removal of material essential attributes of science Correct Answer- Studies the natural world Uses testable ideas Relies on data from observations/experiments Presented for evaluation by other scientists Leads to further questions/research Exosphere Correct Answer- The last layer of the atmosphere, beyond which exists a vacuum Exosphere Correct Answer- The outer layer of the atmosphere expansion Correct Answer- Region of longitudinal wave where particles are far apart (aka rarefaction) family Correct Answer- Name for elements in the same group of the periodic table that have the same number of valence electrons Fluid resistance Correct Answer- Friction when an object moves through a gas or liquid Force Correct Answer- Term for a push or a pull with direction [Show More]

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