Thermal Vent Communities

Discover amazing deep-sea thermal vent communities! Learn about chemosynthesis & alien life links.

This Incredible Animation Shows How Deep The Ocean Really Is Before you go any further, watch the embedded video to get a sense of of how deep and vast the oceans are. Watch the embedded video on geothermal vent communities After watching the video, match the field of science with its compatible rational (reasoning). biologists life forms geologist deposits of rock physicists calculation of planetary heat budgets chemists planetary chemical reactions When were the first thermal vent communities discovered? 1977 1997 1987 2007 There is a thriving ecosystem found at amazing depths of the ocean. Use this article to help put the members of this community in their proper ecological niche. Fill in the chart, put the following terms in the correct column:Octopi, Clams, Mussels, Tube Worms, Squat Lobsters, Zoarchid Fish, Shrimp, Vent Crabs, Amphipods, Snails energy source Producers 1st order consumers 2nd order consumers Detritivores chemical compounds chemosynthetic bacteria snails Zoarchid fish gastropods mussels Octopi decapods tubeworms vent crabs clams Squat Lobsters Why do some geothermal vent communities only last a short period of time? Use this website to answer the question above The primary producer for Geothermal Vent Communities are chemosynthetic bacteria. Chemosynthetic bacteria obtain energy from the chemical bonds of hydrogen sulfide. Determine which chemical compounds are emitted from each of the vent types (either Sulfides or Barium, Calcium and Silicon). Some vents are known as White Smokers, other are known as Black Smokers. Type your answers directly on the diagram of the appropriate vent type. emits sulfides emits barium, calcium, and silicon Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life What is special about the moon, Europa? and Why do scientists think that the chemosynthetic bacterial found in thermal vent communities may represent a link to ancient life on Earth? Watch the embedded video and then describe the link between finding alien life forms and thermal vent communities. After reading the attached article, give a brief synopsis of its main points. Students can use bullets to give a brief review of the major concepts presented in the article (at least 3).