Unit F List A

Question 1

Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the 5 senses of from machines that extend our senses

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

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 and Rotation

Question 7

An imaginary circle that divides Earth into 2 halves called the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

Answer 7

Equator

Question 8

A region throughout which the same standard time is used

Answer 8

Time Zone

Question 9

1 half of a sphere

Answer 9

Hemisphere

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Orbit and Revolution

Question 11

To travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

Answer 11

Revolve

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Crescent Moon

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Full Moon

Question 14

The phase of the Moon, occurring about 7 days after the new Moon, in which the lighted portion of the Moon is visible from the Earth’s surface is a half-circle

Answer 14

First Quarter Moon

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Gibbous Moon

Question 16

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 form the Earth’s surface in a half-circle

Answer 16

Last Quarter Moon

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Lunar Cycle

Question 18

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 from Earth’s surface

Answer 18

New Moon

Question 19

The phases of the Moon when the illuminated portion visible from Earth if decreasing

Answer 19

Waning

Question 20

The phases of the Moon when illuminated portion visible from Earth is increasing

Answer 20

Waxing