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Hydrothermal vents can have white or black smokers.

Pictured Left: white smoker vent Pictured Right: black smoker vent

Hydrothermal vents are hot vents.

They are NOT underwater volcanoes, because they do not explode lava. They explode hot water.

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DID YOU KNOW?

The Earth has four main layers, which are: the core, inner mantle,

outer mantle, and the crust.

Crust Outer Mantle

Inner Mantle

Core

Above: Earth’s layers

Hydrothermal vents happen when there is a crack in the Earth’s surface, and then it gets really hot in the mantle. Then, it explodes back into the bottom of the ocean.

Pictured above: hydrothermal vent

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Many different kind of unique animals like to live near the hydrothermal vents. First, there is the octopus. Then, there is the eelpout fish, scale worm, and Pompeii worm. Last, there are shrimp, spider crab, and giant clams.