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Why is it surprising that the animal of the deep-sea vents can survive?
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Because that is the only known ecosystem that is not dependent on the sun to sustain life.
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Is there any animal that can survive in vents and reproduce without food?
There are no animals discovered fully, but some people and scientists have agreed there is 5 species of animal are able to everyone if these.
What do cold seeps and hydrothermal vents have in common?
They both come from the ocean floor? That and it probably has to do with both allowing some type of plant or animal life to survive on the ocean floor.
Why is there a strange smell from your vents?
there could be a dead animal in your vent
How does the vent octopus survive near the hydrothermal vents?
vent crab (bythograea thermydron )
How do organisms at deep sea vents survive without oxygen?
These organisms do not need oxygen. They are called anaerobes.
What do you find most surprising about microorganisms living in extreme conditions?
Their ability to derive nutrition from inorganic compounds (Ex. bacteria thriving near deep sea vents spewing sulfur).
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 is unusual about organisms in the domain Archaea?
They can survive in areas of the earth where no other life forms can be found. For example, some of them can't survive in oxygen, and others are found deep inside the ocean vents.
Do plants underwater need sun to survive?
3CO2 + 3C + 6H2O >>>> C6H12O6 + 3O2 sunlight
What are some of the animal life in the hydothermal vents?
there is tubeworms and huge clams in the pacifc ocean but eyeless shrimp in the atlantic
How can the yeti lobster survive in the hydrothermal vents?
Scientists are not quite sure, but it may be due to the bacteria they grow on the "hairs" their pincer arms are covered in. The bacteria that live there are able to convert the toxic chemicals spewed out by hydrothermal vents in a process called chemosynthesis.
What is the difference between coral reefs and deep ocean vents?
Coral reefs rely on photosynthesis to produce their food. This means that they are close to the sun so that the sun can help it produce food. The "deep ocean vents" or hydrothermal vents are 7,000 fett underwater and cannot use the sun for it's food. The vents in the water spew out chemicals that the animals and plants there use to survive. Since it's very, very dark, the animals have adapted to living in those conditions. Most animals have lights or are "bioluminescent" meaning that they have some kind of light in their body that can help them see. A well-known example of an animal that uses bioluminescence is a firefly. ADDED. Essentially the difference is that between living and inert. The coral reef is built up of the exoskeletons of the polyp, a tiny animal. A hydrothermal vent is purely geological: a minerals deposit.
