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 it’s components, to help one study and see 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

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 5

crescent moon

Question 6

an imaginary circle that divides into two halves called the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.

Answer 6

equator

Question 7

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 surface is a half circle.

Answer 7

first-quarter Moon

Question 8

the phase of the Moon that occurs about 14 days after the new moon in which the complete part of the portion of the moon is visible from Earth’s surface and appears as a full circle

Answer 8

full moon

Question 9

a phase of the moon before or after it is full, when more than half of it’s disk is illuminated.

Answer 9

gibbous moon

Question 10

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 from earth’s surface is a half-circle.

Answer 10

last-quarter moon

Question 11

the revolution of the moon around the earth that produces the changing phases of the moon. One complete lunar cycle takes about 29.5 days.

Answer 11

lunar cycle

Question 12

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 12

new moon

Question 13

another term for revolution

Answer 13

orblt

Question 14

consistent with evidence

Answer 14

plausible

Question 15

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

Answer 15

revolution

Question 16

to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

Answer 16

revolve

Question 17

to turn or spin around an axis

Answer 17

rotate, rotation

Question 18

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is decreasing (between the full and new moon)

Answer 18

waning

Question 19

the phases of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is increasing (between the new full moon)

Answer 19

waxing

Question 20

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

Answer 20

time zone

Question 21

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 21

hemisphere