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

The imaginary line around which an object spins, or rotates. Earth rotates around an axis that runs straight through the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Answer 3

Axis

Question 4

The phase of the Moon in which the lit portion of the Moon visible from the Earth’s surface is less than a 1/2-circle. Crescent moons occur right after and right before the new Moon.

Answer 4

Crescent Moon

Question 5

An imaginary circle that divides Earth into two halves called the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

Answer 5

Equator

Question 6

The phase of the moon, occurring about 7 days after the New Moon, in which the lighted portion of the moon that is visible from Earth’s surface is a half-circle.

Answer 6

First-Quarter Moon

Question 7

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 from Earth’s surface and appears as a full circle.

Answer 7

Full Moon

Question 8

A phase of the Moon before or after it is full, when more than half of its disk is illuminated.

Answer 8

Gibbous Moon

Question 9

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 9

Last-Quarter Moon

Question 10

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 10

Lunar Cycle

Question 11

Another term for revolution.

Answer 11

Orbit

Question 12

Consistent with evidence.

Answer 12

Plausible

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Revolution

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Revolve

Question 15

To turn or spin around an axis.

Answer 15

Rotate

Question 16

Turing or spinning around an axis.

Answer 16

Rotation

Question 17

The phases of the Moon when the illuminated portion visible from Earth is decreasing (between the Full and New Moon.)

Answer 17

Waning

Question 18

The phases of the Moon when the illuminated portion visible from Earth is increasing (between the New and Full Moon.)

Answer 18

Waxing

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Time Zone

Question 20

1/2 of a sphere. (The 1/2 of Earth that is north of the Equator is the Northern Hemisphere; The 1/2 of Earth that is south of the Equator is the Southern Hemisphere.)

Answer 20

Hemisphere