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WGU C165 OA EXAM INTEGRATED PHYSICAL SCIENCESOA ACTUAL EXAM QUESTION BANK 400 QUESTIONS
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Speed - ANSWER: how fast an object is moving
Which of the following statements BEST describes the locations of volcanoes? -
ANSWER: Most volcanoes are located along the edges of some continents or in
chains off the coast of continents.
Some plate boundaries have - ANSWER: active volcanoes but some don't, and almost
all volcanoes are at boundaries.
The typical speed of a plate is - ANSWER: a few centimeters per year.
An atmospheric instability causes a column of air to rotate. - ANSWER: Tornado
A moist mass of air over warm ocean water condenses as it rises, forming a massive
spinning storm. - ANSWER: hurricane
This type of storm is common at cold fronts and often produces lightning. - ANSWER:
Thunderstorms
This is the most violent storm on Earth. - ANSWER: tornadoes.
A hurricane has an - ANSWER: eye in the center that is very calm.
Lightning is an - ANSWER: electric glow that can be seen during a storm.
Differences in temperature within Earth and within the plates result in - ANSWER:
processes that move plates.
A low-lying cloud of small water droplets that reduces visibility to less than 1 km
(0.62 mi) is called - ANSWER: fog
Which radiation can greenhouse gases absorb that nitrogen and oxygen cannot? -
ANSWER: Greenhouse gases can absorb infrared radiation, which nitrogen and
oxygen cannot.
Which of the following are considered greenhouse gases? - ANSWER: carbon dioxide
and methane
Which kind of plate boundary produced the Himalayas? - ANSWER: Two plates
pushed into each other to push the land upward and generate a mountain range.
, Greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere - ANSWER: absorb infrared radiation
emitted by the ground.
After absorbing incoming solar radiation, Earth emits mostly __________, which is
the radiation associated with heat. - ANSWER: infrared radiation
The greenhouse effect __________. - ANSWER: helps keep Earth's surface
sufficiently warm for life to exist
The greenhouse effect occurs because greenhouse gases __________. - ANSWER:
absorb infrared radiation emitted by the surface
If more water vapor was present in Earth's atmosphere, what would happen to
Earth's temperature? - ANSWER: The temperature would increase.
The most abundant greenhouse gas in volcanic eruptions is __________. - ANSWER:
water vapor
Solar radiation __________. - ANSWER: has been increasing over the past several
billion years
Which of the following is a natural process that adds carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere? - ANSWER: respiration
Plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and cutting down forests -
ANSWER: increases the rate of global warming.
If the mass of the box increases, but the force remains the same, the box's
acceleration will - ANSWER: decrease
Why does San Francisco have earthquakes? - ANSWER: San Francisco lies along the
boundary between the North American plate and the Pacific plate. At this location,
they are grinding past each other, occasionally slipping suddenly along a transform
fault.
If the mass of an object increases, - ANSWER: a given force will produce less
acceleration.
When force increases - ANSWER: acceleration also increases, according to Newton's
second law.
The net force acting on an object moving in a straight line at a constant speed -
ANSWER: is zero
Friction is the force that - ANSWER: opposes motion of an object
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