Question

Hydrothermal vents pump super heated salt water into the ocean that is filled with various minerals. Because of this, there is absolutely no life surrounding this oceanic feature.
True Or False

Answer 1

This is absolutely false.
There is a wide diversity of life teaming around hydrothermal vents. These communities include primary producer organisms, but instead of obtaining energy from the sun, these bacteria use a process called chemosynthesis to convert minerals and other chemicals in the water into energy. These bacteria support a wide range of other animal species, including giant tube worms, deep sea mussels, serpulid or “feather duster” worms, and vent crabs, the apex predator of the vent community.