Unit F list A

Question 1

Data

Answer 1

Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the five senses or from machines that extends our senses

Question 2

Pheneomenon

Answer 2

An event related to how the world and universe works

Question 3

Model

Answer 3

Any representation of a system, or it’s components, to help one study and understand how it works

Question 4

Axis

Answer 4

The imaginary line around which an object spins, or rotates. Earth rotates around the axis that runs straight through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole

Question 5

Plausible

Answer 5

Consistent with evidence

Question 6

Rotate

Answer 6

To turn or spin around an axis

Question 7

Rotation

Answer 7

To turn or spin around an axis

Question 8

Timezone

Answer 8

A region throughout which is the same standard time is used (there are 24 time zones in the at approximately by meridians at 15 degrees intervals, an hour apart).

Question 9

Angle

Answer 9

A shape, formed by two lines or rays diverging from a common point.

Question 10

Equator

Answer 10

An imaginary circle that divides Earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

Question 11

Crescent Moon

Answer 11

The phase of the Moon in which the lit portion of the Moon is visible from Earth’s surface is less than half-circle (crescent shape). Crescent moons occur right after and before the new Moon.

Question 12

Full Moon

Answer 12

The phase of the Moon that occurs about 14 days after the new Moon in which complete lighted portion of the Moon is visible from Earth’s surface and appears as a full circle

Question 13

First Quarter Moon

Answer 13

The phase of the Moon, occurring about seven days after the new Moon, in which the lighted portion of the Moon that is visible from Earth’s surface is a half-circle.

Question 14

Gibbous Moon

Answer 14

A phase of the Moon before and after full, when more than half of it’s disk is illuminated.

Question 15

Last Quarter Moon

Answer 15

The phase of the Moon that occurs about seven days after the full Moon in which the lighted portion of the Moon that is visible from Earth’s surface is a half-circle.

Question 16

Lunar Cycle

Answer 16

The revolution of the Moon around Earth that produces the changing phases of the Moon. One complete lunar cycle takes about 29.5 days.

Question 17

New Moon

Answer 17

The phase of the Moon, occurring about 14 days after the full Moon, in which the lighted portion of the Moon is visible from Earth’s surface.

Question 18

Waning

Answer 18

The phases of the Moon when the illuminated portion visible from Earth is decreasing (between the full and new Moon)

Question 19

Waxing

Answer 19

The phases of the Moon when the illuminated portion visible from Earth is increasing (between the new and full Moon)