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Hmm... I wouldn't quite put it that way that volcanoes started life on earth, but they are definatly a contributing factor. Volcanoes push nutrients up from deep underground, and the rock that comes up around them is very nutrient rich. Around volcanoes, geysers and hot springs also often formed. A theory of where the water in them may have come from is comets. Scientists have proven that strands of RNA (ribonucleic acid), a basic building block of life, will form on its own, and such nutrient rich superhot waterpools are literally hotspots for them to form, along with amino acids, subunits of proteins, another important part of living organisms. Viruses, the predeccessors to life, would most likely have flourished in such pools, eventually evolving into a primitive form of bacteria known as Archea that to this day inhabit superhot pools of water. These Archea would eventually evolved into modern bacteria.
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Does the moon and earth both have active volcanoes?
The earth obviously does. The moon does not.
The major branch of earth science that studies volcanoes is called?
The major branch of volcanoes is Geology.
Why do volcanoes support the theory of plate tectonics?
Volcanoes are caused by the magma from the Earth's mantle; this magma is released through faults in the Earth's tectonic plates.
Do volcanoes occur randomly over Earth's surface?
Volcanoes do not occur randomly over Earth's surface. They occur along the located mark of plate boundaries.
Where is the CO2 that has outgassed from Earth's volcanoes?
In the atmosphere.
Where on earth do volcanoes start?
in certain regians
Why are volcanoes dangers to life on earth?
they can kill us.
Is volcanology life science earth science or physical science?
It is a branch of earth science studying volcanoes.
What are the three features of Earth that allows it to sustain life?
In order for earth to sustain life it has the magnetic field, plate tectonics, and active volcanoes.
What the Features of the earth surface?
well life forms, land-forms such as volcanoes and mountains.
How many volcanoes are there are earth?
there are approx. 1500 active volcanoes on earth
Why do you have volcanoes?
Well, if volcanoes didn't exist, neither would the earth. Since volcanoes helped build the earth.
Does earth have volcanoes craters rings valleys?
Earth has volcanoes, craters, and valleys but not rings.
How will you differentiate a volcano based on its structure?
Volcanoes are a good way for the earth to blow off a little steam. More correctly, volcanoes are vents in the earth's crust through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor and gases are ejected. And while they are all natural events in the life of earth, there are different types of volcanoes. The types of volcanoes are differentiated based on their size, composition and explosive style.
Which is powered by energy from earth interior?
volcanoes
Why do people have volcanoes?
They don't the earth makes volcanoes
Is mars the only planet with volcano?
No. Earth (obviously) and Venus have volcanoes as well.
