Unit F List A

Question 1

Data

Answer 1

Infomation

Question 2

phenomenon

Answer 2

a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.

Question 3

model

Answer 3

a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.

Question 4

axis

Answer 4

an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

Question 5

plausible

Answer 5

(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.

Question 6

rotate

Answer 6

move or cause to move in a circle around an axis or center.

Question 7

rotation

Answer 7

move or cause to move in a circle around an axis or center.

Question 8

time zone

Answer 8

an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.

Question 9

angle

Answer 9

line

Question 10

equator

Answer 10

line in middle of earth

Question 11

hemisphere

Answer 11

a half of a sphere.

Question 12

orbit

Answer 12

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

Question 13

revolution

Answer 13

a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

Question 14

revolve

Answer 14

move in a circle on a central axis.

Question 15

moon phases

Answer 15

The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated.

Question 16

full moon

Answer 16

the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.
the time when the moon’s whole disk is illuminated.

Question 17

crescent moon

Answer 17

the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.

Question 18

new moon

Answer 18

the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent.

Question 19

first/last quarter moon

Answer 19

only 1/4 of the moon is shown

Question 20

waning

Answer 20

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.