Does the DEEP SEA zone have any plants?
The deep sea is too deep for light to penetrate that plants need to make their food. Plants get their energy from sunlight and through a process called photosynthesis, turn this sunlight into food for the plant. Since there is not any usable light available for plants to photosynthesize in the deep sea plants cannot live there. There are bacteria that can live as deep as 1500m to 3200m near deep sea hot vents. These bacteria use a compound called hydrogen sulfide, instead of sunlight, to make their food. The bacteria get the hydrogen sulfide from deep sea hot water geysers that release this compound. In fact, because of these tiny bacteria an entire community of animals can survive and thrive in these hot vent areas! BACK TO DEEPSEA INDEX OR ANSWER FILE Life Zones in the Ocean – Received from Sara in Little Rock AK Q: I have a science project due in a week and have chosen life zones of the ocean. I plan to use an aquarium for the model and am looking for ideas on materials to use for t
