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1.21: Deep Ocean and Hydrothermal Vents

1.21: Deep Ocean and Hydrothermal Vents

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8th Grade

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8E.1.2, 8E.1.1

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Nancy Osborne

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15 Slides • 7 Questions

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Multiple Select

Oceans are important for which of the following reasons?

(Tick 4 correct options).

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Ocean gives carbon dioxide

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Oceans give us SALT, MARINE ANIMALS and MINERALS

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Oceans affect climate

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Oceans are the source of most EVAPORATION

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Oceans are an important means of transport.

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Multiple Choice

Salinity means _________

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SALTINESS or the amount of salt present in a water body

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the amount of carbon di oxide in air

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salt pans

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Multiple Choice

3. The process of changing water vapor (gas) into tiny droplets of liquid water in the atmosphere.

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a. respiration

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b. condensation

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c. precipitation

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d. evaporation

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Multiple Choice

Deep ocean technology has discovered organisms in hydrothermal vents that do not rely on sunlight to survive. What do these organisms use as their energy source?
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chemosynthesis
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electrical charge
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hydropower
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thermal heat

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Multiple Choice

Organisms that can live in extreme environments are called:

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hooligans

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extremists

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extremophiles

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extremely rare

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Multiple Choice

What generates the heat required to fuel hydrothermal vents?

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The sun

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Cold seeps

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Volcanism

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Underwater plants

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Match

Match the following

Cold seeps

Hydrothermal Vents

Extremophile

Alvin

Chemosynthesis

an area of the ocean floor that has a high concentration of energy rich nutrients

an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows

a microorganism that lives in conditions of extreme temperature,

a crewed deep-ocean research submersible

the synthesis of organic compounds by using energy derived from resources other than the sun

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