unit F list A

Question 1

data

Answer 1

information gathered

Question 2

phenomenon

Answer 2

an event related to how the world and universe work

Question 3

model

Answer 3

any representation of a system or its compontents to help one study and understand how it works

Question 4

axis

Answer 4

the imaginary line around which an object spins or rotates earth rotates around an axis that runs straight though earth from the north pole to the south pole

Question 5

plausible

Answer 5

consistent with evidence

Question 6

rotate

Answer 6

to turn or spin in an axis

Question 7

rotation

Answer 7

the amount of time it takes for an object to make one complete rotation around in its axis. this is is the day length of a planet

Question 8

time zone

Answer 8

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

Question 9

equator

Answer 9

an imaginary circle that divides earth into two halves

called the northern hemisphere and the south hemisphere

Question 10

hemisphere

Answer 10

one half of a sphere the half of earth that is north of the equator is the northern hemisphere the half that is south of the equator is the southern hemisphere

Question 11

orbit

Answer 11

another term for revolution

Question 12

revolution

Answer 12

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

Question 13

revolve

Answer 13

to travel around another object in a circular or elliptical

path

Question 14

crescent moon

Answer 14

the phrase of the moon in which the lit portion of the moon visible from earth surface is less that a half circle crescent shape crescent moons occur right after and right before the new moon

Question 15

full moon

Answer 15

the phrase of the moon that occurs 14 days after the new moon in which the complete lighted portion of the moons is visible from earth’s surface is a half circle

Question 16

first qurater moon

Answer 16

the phrase of the moon occurring about 7 days after the new moon in which the lighted portion of the moon
that is visible from earths surface is a half circle

Question 17

gibbous moon

Answer 17

a phase of the moon before or after it is full,when more that half of its disc is eliminated

Question 18

last quarter moon

Answer 18

the phase of the moon the occurs about 7 days after the
full moon in which the lighted portion of the moon
that is visible from earths surface is a half circle

Question 19

lunar cycle

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

new moon

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

waning

Answer 21

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

Question 22

waxing

Answer 22

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