Like a Rock
The term that describes the way light is reflected from the surface of a mineral?
What is luster
The chunk of debris that has reached the earth's surface?
What is a meteorite
The study of earthquakes?
What is seismology
The first satellite launched by the United States?
What is Explorer I
The narrow zone of active volcanoes that nearly encircles the Pacific basin?
What is the Ring of Fire
The type of rock that forms when magma solidifies?
What is igneous rock
The star that is located at the north celestial pole
What is Polaris
An instrument that is used to record the vibrations caused by an earthquake?
What is a seismograph
What device splits light into a spectrum for analysis?
What is a spectroscope
The general term for any piece of solid volcanic ejecta?
What is a pyroclast
Minerals are rated from soft to hardest on a scale of 1 to 10 using this scale of hardness?
What is the Mohs scale of hardness
The primary factor that determines the brightness of an average star in the main sequence?
What is temperature.
The point on the earth's surface directly above where an earthquake begins?
What is the epicenter
The point on the celestial sphere directly above the observer?
What is the zenith
The structure where solid material eject from a volcano?
What is a vent
The rocky surface layer of the earth?
What is the crust
A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits directional beams of radio waves?
What is a pulsar
The point deep in the earth where an earthquake begins?
What is the hypocenter
An instrument used to increase an objects brightness by gathering more light than the unaided eye?
What is a telescope
The type of volcanic ejecta is hardened lava that forms a smooth or ropy surface?
What is pahoehoe
What is sedimentary rock
Trail of space debris left by a comet?
What is a meteoroid stream
A major type of fault that occurs when rocks on one side of the fault are shoved over the rocks on the other side?
What is a thrust fault
The first space station designed so that it could be expanded?
What is Mir
Large pieces of solid volcanic ejecta that solidifies before being ejected from the volcano?
What is a volcanic block