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Hi! I'm Mrs. Carter. I have 5 classes of Earth Science students
who have been watching the excitement. Each class wants to ask
some questions. I hope that is all right.
(a)
What was the most interesting thing seen or discovered in this
expedition?
(b) (We missed asking the New Zealand scientists,
maybe you can pass on the question.) What can you tell us about
the Giant Squid? We understand it has been seen near New Zealand.
(c) What are the experiments and tests that are being done on
the animals and other samples being brought up from the depths?
(d) Can you explain more about the carbon dioxide headaches?
(Dr. Cary referred to them.)
(e) Is there any risk of illness
from working with these animals and their symbiotic bacteria?
(f) Since the Pompeii worms and their bacteria "friends" can
stand such high temperatures, is there any thought about using
these bacteria in other "venues" where protection from heat
is an issue?
(g) Does the light from the Alvin have any negative
effect on these animals who usually are not in light?
Thank
you , in advance, for your answers. By the way, we think that
the Pomeii worm offers hope to balding men!! :-) -- Joan Carter,
Branham High School, San Jose California
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Hey, how are you? My name is Kate and I was wondering, what is the “pecking order” aboard the Atlantis? Thanks for your time! Kate Bryette, Jan Snow's 7th grade Life Science, Heritage Christian School
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Hello from a Frederick student! I have a question that I think you can anwser. What have you found so far when you go down into the abbys? I hope you can answer soon. |
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When you are at the bottom of the ocean how do you use the bathroom. How does it feel being down that deep? -- Sincerely, Tema Navarro
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On the video, Dr. Cary said that it got very cold on Alvin. If so, I wonder why you don't heat the ship? Would it interfere with the equipment on the sub, or perhaps the environment in a thermal vent? -- Jessie |
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Dear Mrs. Hepsi Zsoldos,
Hello, my name is RiSheka Snowden and I am a 10th grade student
from St. Amant High School (Mrs. Keller's Biology Class). Along
with me classmates, I have been following you and your fellow
education coordinator, Jen Costanza, as you all journey into
the abyss. From reading your biography, I've learned that you
have been focusing your time on studying tubeworms and their
home, hydrothermal vents. The questions you posed to your class,
(What might life look like on some of the moons in our solar
system? Are hydrothermal vent systems the key to life on this
planet as well as a model for life on others?) intrigued me
and made be wonder about the answers to the later question.
After further research, I've decided to focus my science fair
project around tubeworms/hydrothermal vents and the possibility
that they could be a model for life on other planets. I was
writing you to see if there was some way I could directly contact
you and talk to you, one on one, about this subject.
-- Sincerely, RiSheka Snowden
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