Question 8 • 5120VA Environmental Science Sem A
Extremophiles live in conditions that are unusually harsh, such as extreme heat or cold. Pompeii worms and bacteria in boiling hot springs are adapted to extreme heat, while fish living below freezing are adapted to extreme cold. Fish living in open oceans generally live in conditions that are not considered extreme, so they are not extremophiles.
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