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Hydrothermal vents are formed when the earth's crust plates move apart and allow seawater to seep into the cracks. Slowly, the water will heat up as it sinks further into the earth. Minerals from the crust dissolve into the boiling water, and over time, the water will rise and spew out of the opening.
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∙ 7y agoSea floor spreading develops cracks, some are deep enough so that water (that seeps in) is heated to boiling (and above) and so rises.
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What is a sentence for hydrothermal?
Hydrothermal power requires a suitable hot spring.
What gives black smokers their black color?
black smokers are hydrothermal vents emitting sulphides such as iron sulphide, zinc sulphide, copper sulphide etc Which are black in color hence called black smoker.....there are white smoker which emit sulphates like barium sulphate and gypsum(CaSO4) which are white and there the name white smoker.
What happens at a hydrothermal vent?
Seawater seeps into the ocean floor through cracks in the crust
What is hydrothermal energy?
OBAMA 08 OBAMA 08 OBAMA 08 -McLovin Ummm....McLovin didn't answer anything... *ahem* Anyway, hydrothermal energy is, to the extent of my knowlage, simply using hot water or steam that naturally occurs and somehow making it into usable energy. -Yuki
What organism make there own food?
Autotrophs. They can be photoautotrophs, such as plants, or chemoautotrophs, such as the organisms living near hydrothermal vents.
Why might life have formed near hydrothermal vents in the past but not today?
The amino acids formed near the vents today are rapidly eaten by other life forms.
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.
What has been found in the waters of hydrothermal vents suggesting that proteins and nucleic acids could have formed there during the Archean?
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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.
How are coral reefs and hydrothermal vents the same?
Coral reefs and hydrothermal vents are similar because they both lie below the under water.
Mineral rich water heated by newly formed oceanic crust escape through cracks in the floor called?
Hydrothermal vents.
What was earth covered with when it first formed?
liquid water in oceans with deep sea hydrothermal vents a+ erupting volcanoes and poisonous gases
