In this activity, students will differentiate between requirements for life in extreme environments such as hydrothermal vents and other environments and will use. Chemosynthesis. Extras. Hot Topics on Vent Science. Videos. Podcasts. However, neither the plants on land nor the microbes that live around hydrothermal vents eat. Chemosynthesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life Hydrothermal vents. This was confirmed nearly 90 years later, when hydrothermal ocean vents were predicted to exist in the 1970s. The hot springs and strange. Chemosynthesis l - Chemosynthesis is the process by which certain bacteria transfer chemicals into energy. l - occurs around hydrothermal vents l Chemosynthesis vs. Photosynthesis. Chemosynthetic bacterial communities have been found in hot springs on land, and on the sea floor around hydrothermal vents. Most life on Earth is dependent upon photosynthesis, the process by which plants make energy from sunlight. However, at hydrothermal vents in the deep. Gustavus / Howard Hughes Medical Institute Outreach Program 2012-13 Curriculum Materials Understanding Chemosynthesis At the Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents Chemosynthesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life Introduction. Just a few decades ago, submersibles and remote sensing technologies allowed scientists to visit the farthest. A hydrothermal vent is a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues. Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near volcanically active.