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Interesting Facts About the Biosphere

Pragya Singh
Earth is the only planet with life on it. The living beings range from microbes to huge animal species. Take up the quiz to learn some simple yet amazing facts about Earth's biosphere.
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Scientists have dated the earth to being approximately 3.7 billion years old. This dates the biosphere to approximately the same age.
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The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million sq. km and has 30 million cubic km of ice.
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Nitrogen fixation is a process by which molecular nitrogen in the air is converted into ammonia or related nitrogenous compounds in soil.
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An ice sheet, also called continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 sq km.
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Ecological scientists study organism-environment interactions across ecosystems of all sizes, ranging from microbial communities, to Earth as a whole.
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There are currently 714 biosphere reserves in 129 countries, including 21 trans-boundary sites, belonging to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name. First part is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature).
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate.
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There are around 8.7 million species around the world, with almost 80% still undiscovered.
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Scavengers consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation. They play an important role in the ecosystem by consuming dead animal and plant material.
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In 1897, Wilhelm Pfeffer coined the term "chemosynthesis" for the energy production by oxidation of inorganic substances, in association with autotrophic carbon dioxide assimilation.
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Energy moves up the pyramid, starting with autotrophs at the very bottom, followed by primary consumers, which feed on these plants, then secondary consumers, which feed on primary consumers, and so on.
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