Organisms
An organism that can maintain a constant body temperature
What is a Homeotherm?
Another word for a black smoker
What is a hydrothermal vent?
Psychrophiles inhabit these environments
What are cold environments?
80% of the Earth's biosphere is below this temperature
What is 5 degrees Celsius?
These are examples of endotherms
What is the great white shark and tuna?
Organisms that hold qualities, such as DSMP and ice-binding proteins, which help them survive in cold environments
What are Psychrophiles?
This is where black smokers are located
What is the ocean floor?
Psychrophiles come from these 3 domains
What are Bacteria, Eukarya, and Archaea?
This is the temperature range for the ocean
What is 2-4 degrees Celsius?
These animals that lack a backbone are poikilotherms
What are invertebrates?
Organisms that can survive in hot environments
What are hyperthermophiles?
This is what the black smoker's fluid contains
What is iron and sulfur?
Most Psychrophiles are unable to thrive in these temperatures
What are mesophilic temperatures?
Members of the Eukarya Domain can survive up to this temperature
What is 140 degrees F?
This animal class have homeothermic vertebrates
What are mammals?
Organisms that cannot regulate their own body temperature
What are poikilotherms?
The temperature of the black smoker's fluid
What is 660 degrees Fahrenheit?
This is the main habitat for Psychrophiles
What is ice?
Hyperthermophiles can survive over this temperature
What is 194 degrees F?
A sea creature that is a homeotherm
What is a dolphin or whale?
Organisms that can produce their own heat without relying on the environment
What are endotherms?
This allows cold seawater to flow into black smokers
What are pores?
Ice protects Psychrophiles from this
What is natural radiation?
Black smokers release fluids within this temperature range in Celsius
What is 300 to 400 degrees Celsius?
Hyperthermophiles are members of these 2 domains
What are Archaea and Bacteria?