Combined Science GCSE
Deep sea vent bacteria
What Deep sea vent bacteria means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Extremophiles that experience high temperature and high pressure where superheated water rich in dissolved minerals escapes from the ocean floor.
Topics that use Deep sea vent bacteria
- Adaptations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptation
- Behavioural adaptation
- Extremophiles
- Structural adaptation
- Chemosynthesis
- Functional adaptation
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