It was most likely warm in antarctica before the asteroid hit.
Sedimentary rock changes or melts into magma due to high temperature. Sedimentary rock is a type of rock that has been formed due to the deposition and solidification of sediment. It is commonly deposited in layers and often contains fossils.
The first one, valleys. Rivers had to be built over, no one wanted their farms to be turned into a railroad (or at least those with common sense), and deserts had no water and was really hot during the day and cold at night.
The correct answer is - Focus.
Focus of the earthquake, also referred to as hypocenter, is the location/point where the earthquake starts. It is usually few kilometres below the surface. At this spot the ground raptures after which seismic waves start radiating outward in all directions. The focus is located below the epicenter, or rather the epicenter is above it because the location of the epicenter is determined by the location of the focus, so the epicenter represents the closest point on the surface of the Earth from where the focus is.