Unit F- List A

Question 1

Information gathered from an experiment;

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 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 which runs through 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 an axis

Answer 6

rotate/rotation

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Time zones

Question 8

an imaginary circle that divides earth in two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and Southern hemisphere.

Answer 8

equator

Question 9

one half of a sphere

Answer 9

hemisphere

Question 10

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

Answer 10

orbit/revolution

Question 11

to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path.

Answer 11

revolve

Question 12

the phase of the moon in which the lit portion of the moon visible is less than a half circle. crescent moons occur right before and after a new moon.

Answer 12

crescent moon

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Full Moon

Question 14

the phase of the moon that occurs about 7 days before the new moon in which the lighted portion of the moon is visible and appears in a half -circle

Answer 14

First Quarter Moon.

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Gibbous Moon

Question 16

the phase of the moon that occurs about 7 days after the new moon in which the lighted portion of the moon is visible and appears in a half -circle

Answer 16

Last quarter moon

Question 17

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

Answer 17

lunar cycle

Question 18

the phase of the moon that occurs about 14 days after the full moon in which none the lighted portion of the moon is visible from earth’s surface.

Answer 18

new moon

Question 19

the phases of the moon where the illuminated portion visible from earth’s surface is increasing.

Answer 19

waxing

Question 20

the phases of the moon where the illuminated portion visible from earth’s surface is decreasing.

Answer 20

waning