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📅 NSB Round Robin 2012🎓 HS🔄 Round 7#️⃣ Question 17 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

Despite the heat produced from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, with temperatures reaching up to 400° Celsius, the surrounding water does not boil. Why not?

W) The surrounding water is too cold
X) There is too much pressure at that depth
Y) The salt concentration is too high
Z) There is a low concentration of oxygen
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