BIOSPHERE

WHAT IS IT?

• The part of Earth where all life exists, including all the land, water, and air.
• The biosphere consists of many different biomes.
• Living things can be found in a biosphere.

MORE ON BIOSPHERE

• the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.
• the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it.

VOCABULARY

• Organisms of the same species that live in the same area make up a population.
• Biome:The nonliving environment includes water, sunlight, and other physical factors. A group of similar ecosystems with the same general type of physical environment.
• All of the populations that live in the same area make up a community.
• Ecosystem: consists of all the living things in a given area, together with the nonliving environment.

QUESTIONS

• (T/F) living things cannot be found in a biosphere
• (T/F) The biosphere consists of two different biomes.