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Ecosystems of Hydrothermal Vents
Title: Ecosystems of Hydrothermal Vents
Category: Science & Technology / Biology
Details: Words: 378 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ecosystems of Hydrothermal Vents
Basic study on Chemosynthesis. Good job, maybe a little more on the bacteria
A group of scientists were searching for hydrothermal vents in order to find more
evidence on plate tectonics when they made a startling discovery. Their discovery
revolutionized the way the world is viewed today and destroyed many theories that had
been unchanged for many years! The discovery they made was that there was life thriving
at the bottom of the ocean in …showed first 75 words of 378 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 378 total…energy is then transferred from the bacteria to complete the
symbiotic relationship.
In this ecosystem the bacteria take the place of the plants by being the producers.
The consumers are tube worms, crabs, and clams. The crabs do not contain the bacteria
that can carry out chemosynthesis but instead they clean up the dead animals. This
ecosystem is highly specialized to fit its environment and can teach us a lot about the
origin of life.
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