Unit F- list A

Question 1

Data

Answer 1

information gathered

Question 2

phenomenon

Answer 2

an event related to how the world and universe work

Question 3

model

Answer 3

any representation of a system, or its components, to help one study and to understand how it works.

Question 4

axis

Answer 4

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

Question 5

crescent moon

Answer 5

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

Question 6

equator

Answer 6

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

Question 7

first-quarter Moon

Answer 7

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 half circle.

Question 8

Full moon

Answer 8

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 9

gibbous moon

Answer 9

a phase of the moon before or after it is full, when more than half of its disk is illuminated

Question 10

lunar cycle

Answer 10

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

Question 11

new moon

Answer 11

the phase of the moon, occurring about 14 days after the full moon, in which none of the lighted portion of the moon is visible

Question 12

orbit

Answer 12

another term for revolution

Question 13

plausible

Answer 13

consistent with evidence

Question 14

rotate, rotation

Answer 14

to turn or spin around on an axis

Question 15

waning

Answer 15

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from Earth’s decreasing (between the full and new moon)

Question 16

waxing

Answer 16

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

Question 17

time zone

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Hemisphere

Answer 18

One half of a sphere (The half of Earth that is north of the equator is the northern Hemisphere; the half of the Earth that is south of the equator is the Southern Hemisphere)

Question 19

revolution

Answer 19

a complete circle made by a planet around a sun or by a moon arond a planet

Question 20

revolve

Answer 20

to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

Question 21

last quarter moon

Answer 21

the phase of the moon that occurs about 7 days after the full moon in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from Earth’s surface is a half circle