What are at least two major effects of a giant whale's death on ocean life?
Reread lines 87-97. Identify at least three effects from this cause: Water soaks into cracks in Earth's stretched crust.
There were three types of habitats that were described in this article: whale falls, hydrothermal vents, and cold seeps. Identify at least two ways all of these habitats are alike.
Reread lines 79-86 from the section "Life Where Life Isn't Possible." What ideas were "suddenly turned upside down," and why?
Reread lines 190-200. What cause-and-effect relationship can you infer from these lines?