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A: The Biosphere - The Concept Of The Biosphere Flashcards

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What is the biosphere

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The part of the earth and it’s atmosphere where living organisms are found

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What does the biosphere contain and what does it make up

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The biosphere contains all living things:
- plants
- animals
- micro - organisms
These things make up the biodiversity of the Earth

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The biosphere is parts of the earth where 🤐 🤐 are found

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Living organisms

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Name three things that the biosphere includes and give 2 examples for the one that you can give examples

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❤️All ecosystems - land and water
❤️Living components of the ecosystems
❤️non living components of the ecosystems

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🤐 🤐 are found in many different 🤐

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Living
Organisms
Habitats

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Name the three different parts of the biosphere

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Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere

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What is the hydrosphere

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All the :
❤️oceans
❤️lakes
❤️rivers
❤️underground water
❤️water vapour
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What is the lithosphere

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The earth’s crust :
❤️soil
❤️rocks on the earth’s surface
❤️rocks below the earth’s surface

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What is the atmosphere

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The layers of gases surrounding the earth

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The biosphere contains different kinds of things. What are these two things and give two examples for each

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Living organisms ❤️plants
❤️animals

Tiny micro-organisms ❤️bacteria
❤️plankton

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What can you use to see micro-organisms

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A microscope

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Name the 7 different groups in which living organisms are grouped into

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Kingdom
Phylum 
Class
Order
Family 
Genus
Species
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Where do organisms live

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In different parts of the biosphere

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All 🤐, including 🤐 live on the surface of the earth

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Organisms

Humans

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Give 4 examples of soil organisms

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❤️earthworms
❤️moles
❤️ants
❤️bacteria

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Plants grow in 🤐

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Soil

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What are micro-organisms

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Extremely small living things such as bacteria that we can’t see without a microscope

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Give 5 different animals that live in the hydrosphere

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Whales
Fish
Crabs
Insects
Plants
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Give two examples of micro-organisms that live in the hydrosphere

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Plankton

Bacteria

20
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Name 3 different places for living organisms to live

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Seas
Lakes
Rivers

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True or false, if false correct it

🐶 atmosphere is not a habitat for living organisms

🦄 living organisms don’t make use of the atmosphere

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🐶 true

🦄false, living organisms do make use of atmosphere as part of daily activities

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How do ……….. Make use of the atmosphere

🐶birds and bats

🦄seeds and spores

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🐶fly through the air

🦄travel through air carried by wind

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What are the 7 life processes

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M - movement
R - reproduction
S - sensitivity to the environment

G - growth
R - respiration
E - excretion
F - feeding

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What do all living things carry out

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The 7 life processes

25
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What is important about the life processes of living things

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Some life processes don’t happen all the time

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