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Where do hydrothermal vents form?(1 point)
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Along coasts
Along coasts

Only in the Mariana Trench
Only in the Mariana Trench

Along ocean ridges (underwater volcanoes)
Along ocean ridges (underwater volcanoes)

The East Australian Current

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Along ocean ridges (underwater volcanoes)

Hydrothermal vents form where seawater circulates through hot, volcanic crust at mid-ocean ridges and other submarine volcanic areas, getting heated and expelled as mineral-rich vents.