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hydrothermal vents
Title: hydrothermal vents
Category: Science & Technology
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hydrothermal vents
Hydrothermal Vents are considered by scientists to be very unique and complex communities of organisms. The reason for this is due to the fact that unlike most other organisms, Hydrothermal Vents are not powered by the sun’s energy. Most organisms on the Earth¹s surface depend on plants to produce nutrients from sunlight. This process is called photosynthesis. These communities are unique in that they depend on a different food-making process other than photosynthesis. …showed first 75 words of 589 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 589 total…off by the vents on the sea floor. The bacteria take the sulfur in the hydrogen sulfide and oxidize it producing energy. H2 + S ---> H2S + energy. This energy drives all life forms in the deep sea vents, producing sugars, fats, and amino acids in living forms very much as plants do, but based on sulfur. Like photosynthesis this process is highly complex, but it sustains a huge number of organisms in the sea (Stover).
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