Get 2024 Updated Free WGU Integrated-Physical-Sciences Exam Questions & Answer [Q12-Q31]

QUESTION 12
A man holding a stick hits a ball directly upward with the stick.
What type of energy conversion takes place from just after the ball leaves the stick to when it reaches its highest point?

QUESTION 13
The island of Iceland is located at a divergent plate boundary. At this boundary, the North American plate and the Eurasian plate are moving apart.
What is expected about natural hazards in Iceland, based on its tectonic setting?

QUESTION 14
Sand is composed of small rock and mineral particles.
Which type of substance is sand?

QUESTION 15
A chemist is studying the byproducts produced during the burning of gasoline. Gasoline bums by reacting with oxygen to produce water vapor and carbon dioxide. The chemist carefully measures the masses of all the substances involved in this reaction.
Which observation would lead the chemist to conclude that the law of conservation of matter is obeyed in this reaction?

QUESTION 16
The rock layers shown in the illustration have not been disturbed or overturned Limestone (Sedimentary) Shale (Sedimentary) Sandstone (Sedimentary) Basalt (Igneous) What must a geolog-st conclude about the geologic history of this region?

QUESTION 17
Which process is responsible for the formation of the sand dune pictured above?

QUESTION 18
Which properties will elements in group 17 share, based on location in the periodic table?

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QUESTION 19
Numerous experiments have confirmed that if the distance between a light source and an observer is doubled, the intensity of the light as viewed by the observer decreases by a factor of four.
Which type of scientific statement is this?

QUESTION 20
In which scenario is gravity the force that causes the object’s change in motion?

QUESTION 21
A person near a campfire may feel warmth from the fire even though the heated air above the fire does not reach her.
Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum transfers most of the energy that warms her?

QUESTION 22
A pet store worker prepares a saltwater tank for fish by pouring ocean salt into a tank of pure water.
How is the mass of the ingredients affected, according to the law of conservation of matter?

QUESTION 23
In which phase change is energy being released to the surroundings?

QUESTION 24
Which type of energy is generated by harnessing powerful ocean currents?

QUESTION 25
A scientist wants to determine how the speed of flowing water affects the size of sediment particles it can carry. The scientist places a mix of sediment particles in the bottom of a trough and runs water through the trough. The scientist varies the speed of the water and measures the sizes of the particles that the water carries away.
Which type of investigation is the scientist using?

QUESTION 26
Which type of wave travels faster through water than through air?

QUESTION 27
The gravity exerted by Planet X is less than the gravity exerted by Planet Y.
If a ball were launched upwards on each planet with the same amount of net force, what would the difference be in the acceleration of the ball?

QUESTION 28
Which layer of the atmosphere would an atmospheric scientist be investigating if the scientist were studying the formation of clouds?

QUESTION 29
Which type of wave can travel through a vacuum?

QUESTION 30
Which planet has had the greatest role in protecting Earth from comets?

QUESTION 31
Which particles are located in the nucleus of an atom?
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