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Frankie McKeary and Evan Dymond

Hydrothermal Vents

A Hydrothermal Vent is a under water vent**.** Hydrothermal vents are locally common because the earth is both geologically active and has large amounts of water on its surface and within its crust.

A hydrothermal vent is a geyser on the seafloor. It continuously spews super-hot, mineral-rich water that helps support a diverse community of organisms.





Some animals that live there are squat lobster, mussel, vent clam, octopus, ciliate, spider crab, glob snail, Deep-sea Pompeii Worm, Hydrothermal vent eelpout fish,

There are no plants that live near a hydrothermal vent because there is volcanic activity.

The temperature is cold because it is found at the bottom of the ocean. But when the vent releases the water that comes out is very hot. It is about 650 degrees F.

Hydrothermal vents were found during an ALVIN dive at the East Pacific Rise, a mid-ocean ridge where tectonic plates spread apart and molten rock rises from within the Earth to form new oceanic. Also, most of us are familiar with "Old Faithful" in Yellowstone National Park. This famous geyser erupts several times a day. It spouts a column of water heated by volcanic rock deep within the Earth's crust.