Hydrothermal Vents

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Across
  1. 3. toxic plumes from the vents act as a natural trap for _______ fish
  2. 4. half a kilometer below the ocean lies a sea of molten _______
  3. 5. the process in which bacteria converts toxic vent minerals into usable forms of energy
  4. 6. the energy necessary for chemosynthesis to occur near hydrothermal vents
  5. 8. scientists first discovered hydrothermal vents in 1977 while exploring an oceanic ridge near the _______ islands
  6. 9. a chain of underwater volcanoes caused by the collision of two tectonic plates
  7. 10. on Northwest Rhoda there are two species of _______
Down
  1. 1. lightly colored plumes rich in barium, calcium, and silicon
  2. 2. emit the darkest and hottest plumes
  3. 7. What kind of fish lie at the sulfuric seabed?