Unit F- List A

Question 1

Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the five 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 or 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

Plausable

Question 6

to turn or spin around an axis.

Answer 6

rotate

Question 7

A region through out which the same standard is used.

Answer 7

Time zone

Question 8

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

Answer 8

equator

Question 9

one half of sphere

Answer 9

Hemispere

Question 10

another term for revolution

Answer 10

orbit

Question 11

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

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 Earths surface is less than a half circle. 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 the Earth surface & appears as a full circle.

Answer 14

full moon

Question 15

the phase of the Moon, occurring 7 days after the new moon, in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from Earths 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 occurs about 7 days after the full moon, in which the lighted portion of the moon visible from Earths 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 portion of the moon is visible from Earths surface.

Answer 19

New moon

Question 20

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion of the moon visible from Earths is decreasing.

Answer 20

Waning

Question 21

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion of the moon visible from Earths is increasing.

Answer 21

waxing