Did you ever wonder how organisms that live on the ocean floor get energy if they are so far away from sun? Well, there is a group of organisms, like the tubeworm, that carry out chemosynthesis. Click here to find out more.
wow thats kind of amazing but techniclly they are taking energy from the sun. without the sun the hydro thermal vents wouldn't exsist since it would be to cold and then they'd all die. -Adam DeHovitz 7E
I learned some place that some tube worms under the sea are older than the United States of America because they can live a couple hundred years. If humans were able to carry out chemosynthesis, maybe the earth would be a lot clearer from chemicals and our population would be greater.
there was this thing like 3 yrs ago where they found one unicellular bacteria living in the back of like a pitch black cave, and it was not it water, how did it survive?
6CO2 + 6H20 + Reduced chemical (e.g. H2S, Fe2+) ---> C6H12O6 + Oxidized chemical (e.g. S, Fe3+)
Chemosynthetic autotrophs are a necessary part of the nitrogen cycle. Some groups of these bacteria are well suited to conditions that would have existed on the earth billions of years ago, leading some to postulate that these are living representatives of the earliest life on earth. This view has been supported by the discovery of small ecosystems that thrive in the hot (350°C/660°F) water found around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. In these ecosystems, the primary producers in the food web are bacteria whose life functions are fueled by inorganic chemicals that seep up from the earth's crust.
That's a lot of info, Leslie! I'm really interested in this stuff! I have a question: To coral or other plants grow on the ocean floor for a purpose? Does it help the environment?
Hey leslie I have a question... Do you know when ships sink in into the ocean, and there is this bacteria/moss thingy that clings on to the ship? Why do they cling on to the ship and is there a specific reason as to why they do so?
wow thats kind of amazing but techniclly they are taking energy from the sun. without the sun the hydro thermal vents wouldn't exsist since it would be to cold and then they'd all die.
ReplyDelete-Adam DeHovitz 7E
I learned some place that some tube worms under the sea are older than the United States of America because they can live a couple hundred years. If humans were able to carry out chemosynthesis, maybe the earth would be a lot clearer from chemicals and our population would be greater.
ReplyDeletethere was this thing like 3 yrs ago where they found one unicellular bacteria living in the back of like a pitch black cave, and it was not it water, how did it survive?
ReplyDeleteare there any other kinds of -trophs out there?
ReplyDeleteCool! Do they have an equation for chemosynthesis like photosynthsis too?
ReplyDeleteMichael Nguy 7I
6CO2 + 6H20 + Reduced chemical (e.g. H2S, Fe2+) ---> C6H12O6 + Oxidized chemical (e.g. S, Fe3+)
ReplyDeleteChemosynthetic autotrophs are a necessary part of the nitrogen cycle. Some groups of these bacteria are well suited to conditions that would have existed on the earth billions of years ago, leading some to postulate that these are living representatives of the earliest life on earth. This view has been supported by the discovery of small ecosystems that thrive in the hot (350°C/660°F) water found around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. In these ecosystems, the primary producers in the food web are bacteria whose life functions are fueled by inorganic chemicals that seep up from the earth's crust.
That's a lot of info, Leslie! I'm really interested in this stuff! I have a question: To coral or other plants grow on the ocean floor for a purpose? Does it help the environment?
ReplyDeletethe guy who discovered these tube worms was on 6o min
ReplyDeleteHey leslie I have a question... Do you know when ships sink in into the ocean, and there is this bacteria/moss thingy that clings on to the ship? Why do they cling on to the ship and is there a specific reason as to why they do so?
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