Deep Sea Vents and Life

Excerpted from NOVA: "Volcanoes of the Deep", this video segment reveals strange and luminescent forms of life, such as giant tube worms, spider crabs, and billions of microbes clumped together like a cottony web. The site where life began on Earth may have been where black smokers stream from hydrothermal vents and chimneys along the sea floor.
Resource ID#: 5334 Type: Video/Audio/Animation
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Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators, Students
Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Internet Connection, LCD Projector, Speakers/Headphones, Adobe Flash Player
Instructional Time: 15 Minute(s)
Keywords: life, origin, living thing, needs, survive, habitat, adaptation, producer, consumer, food web, energy, energy transfer, biotic, abiotic, luminescent, chemautotroph, autotroph
Instructional Component Type(s): Video/Audio/Animation
Resource Collection: iCPALMS

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