A scientist observes hot water erupting from a vent in the Earth.

What most likely caused the water to rise and erupt from the vent?

The vent was lower than the water table.
A well was drilled into a pressurized aquifer.
A well with a mechanical pump was installed.
The water was heated by magma or hot rocks.

The hot water that is erupting from the vents comes from the geologic activity inside the Earth. The water that is deeper into the ground, where there's geologic activities around the area, gets heated by the magma or hot rocks, was results in increasing the pressure, thus the water is shoot out in the air, looking like the vents are erupting.

Most of the vents like this can be found in areas that are close to a volcano, or are connected with a volcano through underground channels.

azikennamdi azikennamdi · Answer 2 · 2022-02-17T14:42:53+01:00

When the water in the earth's water table is heated by molten magma (that is hot molten rocks) it vaporizes the water and pushes it towards the earth's surface. This kind of vent is called a Geyser.

Where are Geysers found?

Most of the Geysers on earth are very rare to find. The few (about 300) that exist are found in Yellowstone Park in the western parts of the United States of America.

There are also about 200 in Russia, 40 in New Zealand, 16 in Iceland, and 50 in other parts of the world.

Thus, the answer is D.

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