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 the 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 the 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 a axis

Answer 6

rotate

Question 7

a region throughout which the same standard time 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 the earth that is south is the southern hemisphere.)

Answer 9

hemisphere

Question 10

Another term for revolution.

Answer 10

orbit

Question 11

a complete circle made by a plant around the sun or by a moon around a plant (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 is visible from earth’s surface is less then 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 complete 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 complete 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 then half of its disk is illuminated.

Answer 16

gibbous moon

Question 17

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

Answer 17

last quarter moon