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The word “hydrothermal” has to do with what processes?
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“Hydrothermal” referes to water that is heated by moving through hot rocks.
how lake water changes temperature during different seasons of the year
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water that is heated by moving through hot rocks
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“Hydrothermal” referes to water that is heated by moving through hot rocks.
eruption of magma that forms volcanic rock
freezing of water
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Hydrothermal Vent Quiz
a smaller surface area at high latitudes
at the crest of mid-ocean ridges on the seafloor
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Hydrothermal vents are found at the crest of mid-ocean ridges on the seafloor.
on the Moon
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Hydrothermal vents are found at the crest of mid-ocean ridges on the seafloor.
on islands
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Deep sea hydrothermal vents are found:
on top of mountain ranges like the Andes or Rocky Mountains
smoke
hot water
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The fluid that jets out of seafloor hydrothermal vents contains hot water.
The fluid that jets out of seafloor hydrothermal vents contains which of the following?
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The fluid that jets out of seafloor hydrothermal vents contains hot water.
cold seawater
plastic
sediment that settles to the ocean floor
magma
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Black smoker chimneys are made from minerals rich in metals and sulfur that form when hyrothermal fluid mixes with seawater.
minerals rich in metals and sulfur that form when hydrothermal fluid mixes with seawater
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Black smoker chimneys are made from minerals rich in metals and sulfur that form when hyrothermal fluid mixes with seawater.
Black smoker chimneys are made from:
coral
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It looses hydrogen sulfide
It gains hydrogen sulfide and picks up dissolved metals from the crust
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Seawater changes to become hydrothermal fluid by gaining hydrogen sulfide and picking up disolved metals from
the crust.
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It gains oxygen
It becomes less acidic
How does seawater change to become hydrothermal fluid?
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Seawater changes to become hydrothermal fluid by gaining hydrogen sulfide and picking up disolved metals from
the crust.
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Active seafloor hydrothermal vents have been observed at all of these locations.
Where have active seafloor hydrothermal vents been observed on the ocean floor?
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Arctic Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
all of these locations
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Active seafloor hydrothermal vents have been observed at all of these locations.
southern Pacific Ocean
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White smoker fluids are cold seawater
White smoker fluids are cooler than black smoker fluids.
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White smoker fluids are cooler than black smoker fluids.
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How do white smoker fluids differ from black smoker fluids?
White smoker fluids contain more dissolved metals than black
smoker fluids
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White smoker fluids are cooler than black smoker fluids.
None of the above.