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Do minerals come from the ocean?
yes, the minerals come from rock chimneys on the ocean floor
What are the steps by which minerals deposits form around chimneys on the ocean floor?
1) Ocean water seeps down through cracks in the crust. 2) Water comes in contact with magma that heats it to a very high temperature. 3) The heated water then dissolves minerals from the crust and rushes upward. 4)The solution billows out of chimneys. When the solution hits the sea, minerals crystallize on the ocean floor.
Do minerals form from hot-water solutions at chimneys on the ocean floor?
The hot water solution cools and evaporates, leaving behind the mineral.
How are deep ocean vents formed?
the chimneys that shoot up minerals slowly build on itself and forms.
Who should own the minerals on the Ocean floor?
The area around the a country is owned by that country. It is their area to fish in so they own the minerals. The minerals in the middle of the ocean with no counties there are owned by whoever gets there first.
Lumps of minerals on the ocean floor are called?
Nodules...
What is sea floor spreading and what evidence do we have to prove it is happening?
Magnetic minerals on the ocean floor.
What is the difference between geysers and deep-sea vents that form chimneys?
Geysers are hot springs that intermittently erupt boiling water and steam from underground due to pressure build-up, often in volcanic areas. Deep-sea vents, also known as hydrothermal vents, are fissures on the ocean floor that release superheated water enriched with minerals. Chimneys at deep-sea vents are structures formed by minerals precipitating out of the vent fluids, whereas geysers do not typically form chimneys.
Rock chimneys on the ocean floor that spew black clouds of minerals are called?
Hydrothermal vents. These underwater geysers are formed by tectonic activity, releasing high-temperature fluid rich in minerals into the surrounding seawater. Hydrothermal vents support unique ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth.
The sediment on the ocean floor contains few or many minerals and metals?
It contains many Minerals and Metals.
How was the deep ocean area formed?
The first life was also formed in the oceans ! the chimneys that shoot up minerals slowly build on itself and forms.
Abiotic factor for a coarl reef?
Water, minerals, ocean floor, sunlight.
