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 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

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 before and right after the New Moon.

Answer 5

Crescent Moon

Question 6

An imaginary circle that divides Earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and the 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 to Earth”s surface is a half-circle.

Answer 7

First-Quarter Moon

Question 8

The phase of the Moon, occurring about 14 after the new Moon, in which the complete lighted portion of the Moon is visible to Earth’s surface and appears as a whole circle.

Answer 8

Full Moon

Question 9

A phase of the moon before or after it is full, when more than half of the 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 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 shape of the lighted portion of the Moon that is visible from Earth’s surface.

Answer 12

Moon Phase

Question 13

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 13

New Moon

Question 14

Another term for revolution.

Answer 14

Orbit

Question 15

Consistent with evidence.

Answer 15

Revolution

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Revolve

Question 17

Tor turn or spin around an axis.

Answer 17

Rotate/Rotation

Question 18

The phase 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

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).

Answer 20

Hemisphere

Question 21

Consistent with evidence.

Answer 21

Plausible

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Time Zone