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Do minerals form from hot-water solutions at chimneys on the ocean floor?
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The hot water solution cools and evaporates, leaving behind the mineral.
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What are the steps by which minerals deposits form around chimneys on the ocean floor?
1) Ocean water seeps down through cracks in the crust. 2) Water comes in contact with magma that heats it to a very high temperature. 3) The heated water then dissolves minerals from the crust and rushes upward. 4)The solution billows out of chimneys. When the solution hits the sea, minerals crystallize on the ocean floor.
Are chimneys usually on the first or second floor of 2-story homes?
Chimneys are usually on the second floor, not the first, of 2-story homes. Chimneys are typically found on the roof of a house.
What is the ocean-floor evidence of pole reversals?
in magma and lava, there are magnetic minerals, called magnetite. When new magma reaches the surface, these minerals start to align with the existing magnetic 'field' around the earth, starting at the North pole, and ending at the South pole. once the magma cools, these minerals remain at this inclination. These rocks often form on the sea floor, where 2 plates are moving apart. Every 10,000 years (or so), the magnetic poles switch. So it would start at the south pole, to the north pole. This means the inclination of the minerals would swap in new magma. So as the sea continues to spread, there is a striped appearance on the sea floor, where the are symmetrical bands of alternating magnetically inclined rocks. Hope that helps :)
What happens to the old ocean floor as the sea floor spreads?
As the sea floor spreads, the old ocean floor gets pushed out, which makes the plates move.
What is squares made of clay or stone for floor?
Square floor tiles.
Do minerals come from the ocean?
yes, the minerals come from rock chimneys on the ocean floor
How do minerals form around chimneys on the ocean floor?
menerals crystallize in the cold sea.
Rock chimneys on the ocean floor that spew black clouds of minerals are called?
black smokers
What are the steps by which minerals deposits form around chimneys on the ocean floor?
1) Ocean water seeps down through cracks in the crust. 2) Water comes in contact with magma that heats it to a very high temperature. 3) The heated water then dissolves minerals from the crust and rushes upward. 4)The solution billows out of chimneys. When the solution hits the sea, minerals crystallize on the ocean floor.
Are chimneys usually on the first or second floor of 2-story homes?
Chimneys are usually on the second floor, not the first, of 2-story homes. Chimneys are typically found on the roof of a house.
What is sea floor spreading and what evidence do we have to prove it is happening?
Magnetic minerals on the ocean floor.
Lumps of minerals on the ocean floor are called?
Nodules...
The sediment on the ocean floor contains few or many minerals and metals?
It contains many Minerals and Metals.
How magnetic reversals provide evidence for sea floor spreading?
Because of the stripes at the sea floor which are magnetic minerals
Abiotic factor for a coarl reef?
Water, minerals, ocean floor, sunlight.
Do they believe Santa Claus?
Santa is not real.If you stay up you will see your parents putting presents on the floor. A 300 pound man can not fit through small cracks or chimneys.
Who should own the minerals on the Ocean floor?
The area around the a country is owned by that country. It is their area to fish in so they own the minerals. The minerals in the middle of the ocean with no counties there are owned by whoever gets there first.
