unit F- list A Flashcards
Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the 5 senses or from machines that extend our senses.
data
An event related to how the world and the universe work.
phenomonom
Any representation of a system,or its components,to help one study and understand how it works.
model
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.
Axis
consistent with evidence
plausible
to turn or spin around the axis
rotate
a region throughout which the same stranded time is used.(There are 24 time zones in the world approxamenty by meridians a 15 degree intervals,an hour apart.)
time zone
An imaginary circle that devides earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
equator
One half of a sphere.
hemisphere
Another term for revolution.
orbit
A complete circle made by a planet around a sun or by a moon around a planet.
revolution
to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path.
revolve
the phrase of the moon in which the split portion of the Moon visable from earths surface is less than a half circle crescent moons occur right after and right before the new Moon.
crescent moon
the phase of the moon that occurs about 14 days after the new moon
full moon
the phase of the Moon,occurring about 7 days after the new Moon,in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from Earth’s surface is a half-moon.
first quarter moon
a phase of the Moon before or after its full,when more than half of the disk is illuminated.
gibbous moon