Earthquakes

Question 1

What epoch do we live on?

Answer 1

The Holocene

Question 2

What are hydrothermal events?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What are stromatolites

Answer 3

Layered rock like structured formed by Cyanobacteria

Question 4

How do her hydrothermal vents help evolution?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What atmospheric event coincided with the rapid evolution of diverse life form

Answer 5

Great oxidation event

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

Answer 7

The molten rock in earths mantle below the crust

Question 8

Where do earthquakes occur?

Answer 8

Earthquakes occur long 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 gas
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 caused the most damage