The original location of an earthquake is known as the epicenter. 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The green house effect refers to gases trapping the heat energy reflected from earth’s surface.
gases trapping heat energy reflected from the earth's surface.
<u>Explanation:</u>
It is the greenhouse effect that made earth a planet that supports life. if there was no green house effect the earth would have been too cold to live on. Sunlight contains rays like UV and infrared.  
UV rays being harmful are blocked by the ozone layer in the stratosphere. Infrared rays that enter the earth’s atmosphere are trapped by the greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane etc. the trapped infrared rays help in providing warmth.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Plasmid or vector transformation is the process by which exogenous DNA is transferred into the host cell. Transformation usually implies uptake of DNA into bacterial, yeast or plant cells, while transfection is a term usually reserved for mammalian cells.