What is Dr. Ballard best known for discovering?

Exploring Hydrothermal Vents

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The Titanic wreck
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What is Alvin?
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A deep-sea submersible
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What is the significance of Alvin in ocean exploration?
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It was the first submersible to explore hydrothermal vents.
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What happened while Robert Ballard was searching for shipwrecks near in Turkey in 1999?
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The sea would have widened by as much as a mile a day.
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What are hydrothermal vents?
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Openings in the sea floor that emit hot, mineral-rich water
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In which ocean were hydrothermal vents first discovered?
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Pacific Ocean
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What is the primary energy source for the ecosystems around hydrothermal vents?
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Chemical energy from minerals
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