Iwill give brai liest for the first person to answer both correctly
1. which detail from the passage best supports the conclusion that the deep sea organisms describes in the passage may have changed our understanding of life
a. tall rock formations jutting up from the ocean floor and surrounded by black smoke
b. these odd creatures are not only alive, but living in this dark underworld away from light
c. large cracks, or vents, in the ocean floor where these creatures exist
d. energy is being released below the surface of water

2. which of these best expresses the meaning of deriving in the sentence?
it's as if these undersea vents have created a unique ecosystem, deriving energy from earth itself
a. depositing
b. emptying
c. extracting
d. wasting