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Hydrothermal vents form when water underground is heated by magma until it expands or boils and bursts out of the earth's crust. "Hydro" means water and "thermal" means heat. Typically, it occurs in volcanically active places where there is abundant groundwater and magma close to the surface. One famous location is Yellowstone Park where Old Faithful (a hydrothermal vent) spouts regularly.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoThey get their thermal (heat) energy from the Earth's core of molten iron (AKA magma or lava).
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∙ 10y agothe volcanoes get there heat energy from there lava corde
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∙ 11y agoFrom the vents themselves. The vent's fluids emit chemicals off of which bacteria thrive. A basic consumer structure issues forth from there.
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How Tall Are Hydrothermal vents?
Hydrothermal vents can get very tall. Many of them are as tall as a three story house.
Where are hydrothermal vents located?
Hydrothermal vents were discovered in 1977 in the Pacific ocean.
Organisms living near hydrothermal vents have no access to light so they get their energy from?
chemical reactions
Why were scientists surprised to find life around hydrothermal vents?
hot springs on the sea floor that pump out superheated water from inside earth.
Can anything live at 180 degrees Farenheith?
Certain bacteria live in hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor or in oil reservoirs within Earth at temperatures as high as 250oF.
What do hydrothermal vents look like?
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Have been found in waters of hydrothermal vents?
hydrothermal vents are found in the deep zone
How Tall Are Hydrothermal vents?
Hydrothermal vents can get very tall. Many of them are as tall as a three story house.
In What zone are hydrothermal vents located-?
hydrothermal vents are found in the deep zone
Do crab lives near hydrothermal vents?
Yes, some crabs have adapted to life near hydrothermal vents.
Are hydrothermal vents diverse?
I have no clue
Where are most hydrothermal vents found?
Hydrothermal vents are found along seafloor spreading centers on the bottom of the oceans.
Why does extremely hot water emit from hydrothermal vents?
water vapor cant form from liquid water
How are coral reefs and hydrothermal vents the same?
Coral reefs and hydrothermal vents are similar because they both lie below the under water.
What discovery was made by Alvin?
Hydrothermal vents
What organismes live in hydrothermal vents?
fish
Where are hydrothermal vents located?
Hydrothermal vents were discovered in 1977 in the Pacific ocean.
