Vent Basics:
First sea water seeps through cracks in the ocean floor then it continues through the crust and energy radiates from beneath the sea floor and it heats up the water to around 350-400 degrees celsius. As the water heats up with the rocks around it and this causes chemical reactions that removes all oxygen and becomes acidic it also picks up iron, copper, and zinc.
Vent Chemistry:
The chemistry of the water is drastically changed in the vents system that it turns into hydrogen sulfide and pics up lots of metals.
Vents Around the World:
They are found in Mid-Ocean ridges. Juan de fuca, Broken Spur, or Snake Pit.
Vent Life:
There are Microbes, Octopi, Clams, Crabs, Tube Worms, Shrimp, Mussels, and Fish that are only found near Hydrothermal vent.
Tubeworm Anatomy:
The Tube worms have a cavity full of bacteria that turn the minerals and chemicals supplied to them by the plume.
Chemosynthesis:
Chemosynthesis is different then Photosynthesis in the fact that instead of turning light into energy it is the process of of turning minerals and chemicals in to energy.
First sea water seeps through cracks in the ocean floor then it continues through the crust and energy radiates from beneath the sea floor and it heats up the water to around 350-400 degrees celsius. As the water heats up with the rocks around it and this causes chemical reactions that removes all oxygen and becomes acidic it also picks up iron, copper, and zinc.
Vent Chemistry:
The chemistry of the water is drastically changed in the vents system that it turns into hydrogen sulfide and pics up lots of metals.
Vents Around the World:
They are found in Mid-Ocean ridges. Juan de fuca, Broken Spur, or Snake Pit.
Vent Life:
There are Microbes, Octopi, Clams, Crabs, Tube Worms, Shrimp, Mussels, and Fish that are only found near Hydrothermal vent.
Tubeworm Anatomy:
The Tube worms have a cavity full of bacteria that turn the minerals and chemicals supplied to them by the plume.
Chemosynthesis:
Chemosynthesis is different then Photosynthesis in the fact that instead of turning light into energy it is the process of of turning minerals and chemicals in to energy.