1. Vent Basics:
Define the following (Make sure to include photos)
* Explain the process of a BLACK SMOKER
- The black smoker is a hydrothermal fluid that is so hot (350-400 degrees Celsius) and it can melt metals. The process of black smoker is that the fluid carries dissolved from beneath the ocean floor and mixes with the sea water. Then the metals combine with sulfur to make small black particles which look like smoke.
2. Vent Boiling Points:
* Explain why the boiling point of water changes with depth in the ocean
- Boiling point of water changes with the depth in the ocean,
3. Vent Chemistry:
* Explain how the water chemistry changes in the hydrothermal vent system
- When seawater seeps down into the ocean crust and is heated by the magma, it undergoes lots of chemical reactions. When the fluid rises up through the seafloor, it carries many chemicals with it (copper, zinc).
4. Vents Around the World:
* Where can hydrothermal vents be found? Give a few examples.
- They are found only in areas where there is volcanics activities and the magma is close enough to the surface to heat the fluids.
5. Vent Life:
*Name some of the critters found around hydrothermal vent systems
- Vent clams, vent scale worms, vent crabs, Pompeii worm( Alvinella Caudata), vent eelpout fish (Thermarces Cerberus, but how come it doesn't have three heads?)...etc
6. Tubeworm Anatomy:
* Describe the tubeworm anatomy. Explain the symbiotic relationships that are found within
tubeworms
- The tubeworm anatomy shows and describes about the tubeworm's plume, muscle, cavity, and worm tube. The symbiotic relationships such as the plume's blood that transports oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide from the water to the bacteria in the cavity. The cavity is packed with bacteria, because it sends sugar by chemosynthesis to use as food.
7. Chemosynthesis:
* Explain the different between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
- Chemosynthesis gets their energy from chemicals in hydrothermal fluid.
Define the following (Make sure to include photos)
* Explain the process of a BLACK SMOKER
- The black smoker is a hydrothermal fluid that is so hot (350-400 degrees Celsius) and it can melt metals. The process of black smoker is that the fluid carries dissolved from beneath the ocean floor and mixes with the sea water. Then the metals combine with sulfur to make small black particles which look like smoke.
2. Vent Boiling Points:
* Explain why the boiling point of water changes with depth in the ocean
- Boiling point of water changes with the depth in the ocean,
3. Vent Chemistry:
* Explain how the water chemistry changes in the hydrothermal vent system
- When seawater seeps down into the ocean crust and is heated by the magma, it undergoes lots of chemical reactions. When the fluid rises up through the seafloor, it carries many chemicals with it (copper, zinc).
4. Vents Around the World:
* Where can hydrothermal vents be found? Give a few examples.
- They are found only in areas where there is volcanics activities and the magma is close enough to the surface to heat the fluids.
5. Vent Life:
*Name some of the critters found around hydrothermal vent systems
- Vent clams, vent scale worms, vent crabs, Pompeii worm( Alvinella Caudata), vent eelpout fish (Thermarces Cerberus, but how come it doesn't have three heads?)...etc
6. Tubeworm Anatomy:
* Describe the tubeworm anatomy. Explain the symbiotic relationships that are found within
tubeworms
- The tubeworm anatomy shows and describes about the tubeworm's plume, muscle, cavity, and worm tube. The symbiotic relationships such as the plume's blood that transports oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide from the water to the bacteria in the cavity. The cavity is packed with bacteria, because it sends sugar by chemosynthesis to use as food.
7. Chemosynthesis:
* Explain the different between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
- Chemosynthesis gets their energy from chemicals in hydrothermal fluid.