Have prominently segmented bodies...have jointed appendages
A process that only occurs in the biosphere is transpiration.
No, but it is known that old/sick prey is much easier to catch. The evidence is that, say, there's no old and sick prey. The predator has to eat regardless, and whatever is there for it to take, it will. Think of a lion and a zebra, and the zebra is eating grass in the middle of a field. The lion is going to take that chance.
The best answer is "foreshocks before the quake and aftershocks after the quake".
These terms are used to characterise the events of an earthquake over time. Foreshocks are small shocks that can occur before the main seismic event. Aftershocks, like foreshocks, are smaller seismic events that can occur after the main seismic event.
