Unit F - List A Flashcards
Information gathered
Data
An event related to how the world and universe work
phenomenon
any representation of a system, or its components to help one study and understand how it works
Model
the imaginary line around which an objects 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 on an axis
rotate/rotation
a region throughout which the same standered time is used there are 24 time zones in the world and approximatly by meridians at 15 degress intervals an hour apart
time zone
the space between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.
angle
an imaginary circle that divides the earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and the Sothern Hemisphere
equator
One half of a sphere
hemisphere
a complete circle made by a planet around a sun or by a moon around a planet
orbit, revolution
to travel around another object in a circluar or elliptical path
revolve
The phase of the Moon in which the lit portion of the Moon visible from the 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 after the new moon in which the complete lighted portion of the moon is visible from Earths surface & appears as a full circle
full Moon
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 earths surface is a half-circle
first-quarter Moon