Unit F - List A

Question 1

Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the 5 senses or 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/rotation

Question 7

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

Answer 7

time zone

Question 8

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

Answer 8

equator

Question 9

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

Answer 9

hemisphere

Question 10

Another term for revolution.

Answer 10

orbit

Question 11

A complete circle made by a planet around a sun or by a moon around a planet. (orbit)

Answer 11

revolution

Question 12

To travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path.

Answer 12

revolve

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

crescent Moon

Question 14

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 Earth’s surface and appears as a full circle.

Answer 14

full Moon

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

first quarter Moon

Question 16

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

Answer 16

gibbous Moon

Question 17

The phase of the Moon that occur 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.

Answer 17

last quarter Moon

Question 18

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 18

lunar cycle

Question 19

The phase of the Moon, occurring about 14 days after the full Moon, in which none of the lighted portions of the Moon is visible from Earth’s surface.

Answer 19

new Moon

Question 20

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

Answer 20

waning

Question 21

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

Answer 21

waxing