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What do organisims living near hydrothermal vents get their energy from?
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∙ 6y ago
Special bacteria (chemosynthetic bacteria) live there which use the sulfur from the hydrothermal vents to make their own food. Other organisms, such as copepods (and other zooplankton), eat this bacteria. Other organisms, such as snails, shrimp, crabs, tube worms, and fish eat the copepods. Therefore, the number of organisms living in these vent systems are 10,000 times greater than areas in the ocean that do not have hydrothermal vents. These life forms would not be possible without the chemosynthetic bacteria, since sulfur is toxic to almost all other forms of life.
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Why are hydrothermal vents helpful to the deep sea ecology?
Hydrothermal vents allow underground heat sources to warm the ocean bottom which is necessary to support deep see ecology.
Black and white smokers are submerged by what type of volcanoes?
A chimney like vent on the ocean floor. It is a hydrothermal vent.
Organisms living near hydrothermal vents are .?
The organisms living near hydro thermal vents are cold blooded animals whose body temperature does fluctuate as per the environment. There thermo regulatory receptors are missing and they do not posses any control over their body temperatures.
Which domain would one classify bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents?
arechea
Why it would be important to find sighs volcanism on Europa?
Because if the inner core of Europa is molten, it is possible that the surface may be warmed by hydrothermal vents. And on earth we have found many types of life forms thriving in the dark near hydrothermal vents. -destiny 8th grade.
Organisms living near hydrothermal vents get their energy from .?
sulfur
Organisms living near hydrothermal vents have no access to light so they get their energy from?
chemical reactions
What kind of prokaryotes obtain energy from hydrothermal vents?
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What are chemosynthetic organisms?
Chemosynthetic organisms obtain their energy directly from raw chemicals in their environment. Examples of this include tubeworms living next to hydrothermal vents.
What organism dos not need sunlight to survive?
There are some organisims that live on and around Hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean, where there is no sunlight at all. They feed off the nutrients that come out of the vents, and so they don't need sunlight.
What do hydrothermal vents look like?
Type your answer here... what do Hydrothermal Vents look like
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.
How do hydrothermal vents support living things?
Hydrothermal vents are openings in the seafloor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows. So plants at the bottom of the ocean can use the minerals from the hydrothermal vents to help them grow and photosynthesis..hope that helped:)
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
