What are some answers to the following questions about hydrothermal vents?

Question

Research and describe the following:

- Pressure at a hydrothermal vent vs. pressure on the ocean surface

- Temperatures of water at ocean depths vs. temperature at vents

- List of chemicals emmitted from vents, pH of vent fluids vs. pH of normal ocean water.

---> Also, vents are continually forming and then become extinguished. What is the average 'life span' of a vent'?

Answer 1

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Here are sites to answer your questions. Remember, looking for the information and figuring out the answers actually helps your brain grow stronger (more dendrites).

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/level-2/geology/...

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_...

http://www.answers.com/topic/hydrothermal-vent

http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat5.htm

Source(s): Try a Yahoo search for "underwater hydrothermal vents" Science Teacher

Answer 2

The question is asking which of those metals form insoluble sulfides. My chem book lists Ksp (the solubility product constant) for CuS, FeS, MnS, PbS, and ZnS.