Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Match each vocabulary word with its correct definition.

• A deep-sea opening where hot, mineral-rich water comes out of Earth’s crust

• Tube Worm

• A long white animal that lives near vents and depends on bacteria for food

• Symbiosis

• A relationship between two different organisms living closely together

• Hydrothermal Vent

• A relationship in which both organisms benefit

• Mutualism

• The process of making food from chemicals instead of sunlight

• Chemosynthesis

Match each vocabulary word with its correct definition.

• Tiny living organisms that can make food using chemicals

• Commensalism

• A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• Vent Chimney

• A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not helped or harmed

• Parasitism

• A yellow chemical found near vents that bacteria use for energy

• Sulfur

• A hard structure that forms around a vent from cooled minerals

• Bacteria

Match each vocabulary word with its correct definition.

• A living thing that is hunted and eaten by another animal

• Rift Zone

• A community of living and nonliving things interacting together

• Ecosystem

• A shrimp, crab, or lobster-like animal with a hard shell

• Crustacean

• An area where Earth’s tectonic plates are pulling apart

• Predator

• An animal that hunts and eats other animals

• Prey

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Deep-sea (a)   live inside tube worms and make food for them.

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Tube worms and bacteria have a relationship called (a)   because both benefit.

The yellow chemical that provides energy for vent bacteria is (a)   .

Name the term for an area where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, often associated with hydrothermal vents.

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In symbiosis where only one organism benefits and the other is unaffected, what is the relationship called?

Which organisms at hydrothermal vents can produce food using chemicals, forming the base of the food web?

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The process that vent organisms use to make food without sunlight is called (a)   .