Earthquakes

Question 1

What epoch do we live on

Answer 1

The Holocene

Question 2

What are stromatolites

Answer 2

Layered rock like structures formed by Cyanobacteria

Question 3

What are hydrothermal vents?

Answer 3

An opening in the seafloor out of which heated mineral rich water flows

Question 4

How do hydrothermal vent help evolution?

Answer 4

The vents expel a fluid that was heated to extreme temperatures when seeing through the earths crust from the ocean, the vents influence evolution of organisms in the deep sea

Question 5

What atmospheric event coincided with the rapid evolution of diverse lifeforms

Answer 5

Great oxidation event

Cyanobacteria were responsible for the rapid oxygenation of earths atmosphere

Question 6

Layers of the Earth

Answer 6

1. Crust
2. Mantle
3. Outer core
4. Inner core
   5.lithosphere
   6.asthenosphere
   7.mesosphere

Question 7

What are convection currents that drive tectonic plates

Answer 7

The molten rock in earths mantle below the crust

Question 8

Where do earthquakes occur?

Answer 8

Earthquakes occur along faults

They happen when two plates push up against one another pressure buildup. Eventually, this pressure is released and an earthquake occurs.

Question 9

What is the ring of fire?

Answer 9

The ring of fire is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes

Question 10

The difference between P waves, S waves and surface waves

Answer 10

-p waves: fastest, compressional, travel through solids, liquids and gases

-S waves: slower, travel only through solids, vibrates up and down as the wave moves forward

-surface waves: slowest, travel along the surface and cause the most damage