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Hydrothermal Vents

Hydrothermal Vents. By Blake Manor & Jorge Cadena Jr. Ecosystem. Chemosynthesis is basically what keeps everyhting running. It produces the bacteria, which feeds the Amphipoda and Copepods. Larger organisms create a food chain from this Without Chemosynthesis everything would crumble

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Hydrothermal Vents

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  1. Hydrothermal Vents By Blake Manor & Jorge Cadena Jr.

  2. Ecosystem • Chemosynthesis is basically what keeps everyhting running. It produces the bacteria, which feeds the Amphipoda and Copepods. Larger organisms create a food chain from this • Without Chemosynthesis everything would crumble • Solar energy plays a very important and vital role in this ecosystem

  3. Organisms

  4. 2 types of hydrothermal vents are Black and White Smokers • Black smokers are a type of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, usually in the abyssal and hadal zones. They appear as black chimney-like structures that emit a cloud of black material. • White smokers are vents that emit lighter-hued minerals, like barium, calcium, and silicon

  5. Found along the Mid-Ocean Ridges • Volcanoes produce hydrothermal vents

  6. Human Impact • There are mines that use the heat from hydrothermal vents 7,000 feet under the sea to make electricity. Its temperature is incredibly high, 750 degrees Fahrenheit.

  7. Other….???? • Things Blake might know that I do not

  8. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_vent • http://cleantechnica.com/2009/09/04/mining-hydrothermal-vents-for-renewable-electricity-drinking-water-valuable-minerals/

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