unit F-List A

Question 1

information gathered from an experiment: firsthand evidence from the 5 senses or from machines that extend our knowledge

Answer 1

data

Question 2

an event related to how the world and universe work

Answer 2

phenomenon

Question 3

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

Answer 3

model

Question 4

axis 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.

Answer 4

axis

Question 5

consistent with evidence

Answer 5

plausible

Question 6

to turn or spin around an axis

Answer 6

rotate

Question 7

to turn or spin around an axis

Answer 7

rotation

Question 8

a region throughout which the same standard time is used. (there are 2 timezones in the world at approximately by meridians at 15 degree intervals, an hour apart.)

Answer 8

time zone

Question 9

an imaginary circle that divides the Earth in 2 halves called the northern and southern hemispheres

Answer 9

equator

Question 10

hemisphere one half of a sphere. (the half of Earth that is north of the equator is known as the Northern hemisphere; the half of earth that is south of the equator is the Southern hemisphere

Answer 10

hemisphere

Question 11

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

Answer 11

revolution

Question 12

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

Answer 12

orbit

Question 13

to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

Answer 13

revolve

Question 14

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

Answer 14

crescent moon

Question 15

the phase of the moon that occurs about 14 days after the new moon in which the complete lighted portion of the moon is visible from earth’s surface & appears to be a full circle

Answer 15

full moon

Question 16

the phase of the moon, occurring about seven days after the new moon, in which the lighted portion of the moon is visible from earth’s surface half circled

Answer 16

first quarter moon

Question 17

the phase of the moon, occurring about seven days after the full moon, in which the lighted portion of the moon is visible from earth’s surface half circled

Answer 17

last quarter moon

Question 18

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

Answer 18

gibbous moon

Question 19

the revolution of t6hre moon around the earth that produces the changing phases of the moon. one complete lunar cycle takes about 29.5 days

Answer 19

lunar cycle

Question 20

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is decreasing

Answer 20

wanning

Question 21

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is incresing

Answer 21

waxing