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What are two types of hydrothermal vents?
Two types of hydrothermal vents are black smokers and white smokers. Black smokers are vents that emit dark plumes of mineral-rich fluids with temperatures exceeding 350°C, while white smokers emit lighter-colored fluids with lower temperatures.
What is a black smoker?
A black smoker is a underwater vent pipe that vents very hot magma heated saltwater and it grows in height to as much as 20 feet. Even at high temperatures crabs and shrimp live on these smokers.
What are black smokers in the ocean?
A black smoker is a underwater vent pipe that vents very hot magma-heated saltwater and it grows in height to as much as 20 feet. Even at high temperatures crabs and shrimp live on these smokers.
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 is the difference between black smoker and hydrothermal vents?
A black smoker is a hydrothermal vent.... A white smoker is different than a black smoker because its cooler and contains compounds of barium, calcium, and silicon, which are white. Black smoker are hotter and contain iron, sulfide, and when combined that form monosulfide.
Black smoker vents on the sea floor are black due to fine particles of?
iron sulfide
How do you control the heat in a smoker?
Smokers are designed with vents on both the top and bottom of the smoker unit. Typically, the bottom vents are used to fan or fuel the flame inside. Adjusting the bottom vent either flames your fire or smolders it. The top vents are the ones that are typically used to control the heat inside the smoker. The more you open the vents, the more heat will escape out. The tighter you keep them closed, the more the heat will remain inside the smoking unit.
How do the temperatures you recorded compare with the 300BAC temperature of the water from a black smoker?
The temperatures we recorded were likely much lower than the 300°C temperature of water from a black smoker. Black smokers are hydrothermal vents on the seafloor that release high-temperature, mineral-rich water due to volcanic activity, while the temperatures we recorded are more typical of surface water temperatures.
What oceans dothe blind shrimp live?
clusters near a black smoker (deep-sea vents)
Black and white smokers are submerged by what type of volcanoes?
Black and white smokers are submerged by hydrothermal vents at mid-ocean ridges, which are formed by volcanic activity along tectonic plate boundaries. These hydrothermal vents release hot, mineral-rich water into the deep ocean, creating unique ecosystems where extremophile organisms thrive.
How can knowledge and understanding of Black Smokers be used to locate existing mineral deposits?
Knowledge and understanding of Black Smokers can be used to locate existing mineral deposits by using them as indicators of hydrothermal activity. Black Smokers are associated with active underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents, which are known to host rich mineral deposits. By studying the geology and chemistry of Black Smokers, geologists can identify potential areas with similar conditions that may contain valuable mineral deposits.
Rock chimneys on the ocean floor that spew black clouds of minerals are called?
Hydrothermal vents. These underwater geysers are formed by tectonic activity, releasing high-temperature fluid rich in minerals into the surrounding seawater. Hydrothermal vents support unique ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth.
