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How does hydrothermal vent support life in the deep ocean?
2007-05-30 10:40:57 · 3 answers · asked by wwefan1324 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It provides heat which is required for life to exist- thermal heat in the deepest part of the ocean where there is no light from the sun. This heat is important for microbial life and creates a food chain.
2007-05-30 10:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by biomike_1998 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.resa.net/nasa/ocean_hydrothermal.htm#origins
Scroll down from this point
from Deep Sea Vents -- Origin of Life?
-- Pulse of the Planet, American Museum of Natural History
Chemical of life, ammonia, produced at vents
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/grads/scottv/exploraquarium/revel/index.html
2007-05-30 17:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemosynthesis based on sulfides and heat.
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/expeditions/blacksmokers/life_forms.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-04/nsf-ndh041907.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosynthesis
2007-05-30 17:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋