Unit F- List A

Question 1

Information gathered from and 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 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 from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Answer 4

axis

Question 5

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

Answer 5

equator

Question 6

The phase of the Moon, occurring about the seven days after the news 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 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 disks 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 the 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

The phase of the Moon, occurring about 14 days after the full Moon is visible from Earth’s surface

Answer 11

new moon

Question 12

A complete circle mad by a planet

Answer 12

orbit

Question 13

The phase of the Moon in which the lit portion of the moon visible from the Earth’s surface is less than a half-circle (crescent shape). Crescent moons occur right after and right before the new Moon.

Answer 13

crescent moon

Question 14

Consistent with evidence

Answer 14

plausible

Question 15

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

Answer 15

revolution

Question 16

To travel around another object in a circular or elliptical path

Answer 16

revolve

Question 17

To turn or spin around an axis

Answer 17

rotate, rotation

Question 18

The phases 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 full Moon)

Answer 19

waxing

Question 20

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

Answer 20

time zone

Question 21

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 21

hemisphere