Unit F-List A Flashcards
Information gathered from an experiment; firsthand evidence from the 5 senes or form machines that extend our senses.
data
An event related to how the word and universe work.
phenomenon
any reresentation of its componets of an system or its components to help one study and understand howit work.
model
an imaginary circle that divides earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
equator
another term for revolution
orbit
consistent with evidence
plausible
to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path
revolution/revolve
to turn or spin around an axis
rotate/rotation
the phase of the moon in which the lit portion of the moon visible from Earth’s surface is less than a half circle. Cresant 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 in which the complete lighted portion of the moon is visable from the Earths surface and appears as a full circle.
the 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 visable from the Earths surface is a half circle.
first quarter moon
the revolution of the Moon around Earth that produces the changes phase of the moon one complete lunar cycle takes about 29.5 days.
lunar cycle
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.
new Moon
the phase of the moon when the illuminated portion visible from earth is decreasing (between the full and new moon) .
waning
the phase of the moon when the illuminate portion visible from earth is increase (between the new full moon) .
waxing
the imaginary line around which an object spins or rotates. Earth rotate around an axis that runs straight through earth from the north pole to the south pole.
axis
one half of a sphere(the half of the earth that is north of the equator is the northern hemisphere the half of the earth that is south of the equator is the southern hemisphere.
hemispere
a phase of the moon before or after it is full when more the half of its disk illuminated.
gibbous moon
the phase of the moon that occurs about 7 days after full moon in which the lighted portion of the moon that visible from earths surface is a half circle.
last quarter moon
