• Question: what is at the bottom of the ocean?

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      Asked by Jodie??? to Daniela ?, ☣ Danna, Jonny, Juan, Lindsay on 14 Jun 2016.
      • Photo: Jonathan Hunter

        Jonathan Hunter answered on 14 Jun 2016:

        There are lots of really interesting things at the bottom of the sea! As there is little or no light there, life has had to find a way of surviving in other ways than at the surface.
        One example is that you can find colonies of bacteria, animals and crustaceans around hydrothermal vents. There are cracks in the earths crust where water meets lava, generating loads of heat! The bacteria live on the heat (and rocks) and everything else lives on the bacteria/other animals.
        Its a fascinating place and some scientists think that life on the planet started somewhere like that, but that life on other planets could exist in a form like that!

      • Photo: Daniela Lobo

        Daniela Lobo answered on 15 Jun 2016:

        Jodie, I would be terrified to go down there and check it myself but you could probably find the pretties – and weirdest – deep-sea animals. I know of a funny-looking jellyfish, Atolla, and a sea-worm, Tomopteris.

      • Photo: Juan Ortiz

        Juan Ortiz answered on 17 Jun 2016:

        In the bottom of the Atlantic ocean you can also find a big volcano with the shape of a spine that goes through the entire ocean from North to South. This is called ocean ridge and it is responsible of pushing the American continent away from Europe and Africa. So you can imagine how immense is the force of this volcano!!

      • Photo: Lindsay Robinson

        Lindsay Robinson answered on 18 Jun 2016:

        Lots of unknown sea creatures, I’d imagine. I think they’re always finding new species in the depths of the ocean so I think there’s a huge amount of exploration still to be done down there.

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