THE BIOSPHERE
The biosphere is comprised with four different types of spheres
such as hydrosphere (where it includes all the water above, below
the surface of earth.
How the all the spheres interact and influencing the earth climates
by volcanos. And land forms and life forms
The biosphere is all about life and it consists all regions of the
earth where life exists from the deepest part of the ocean to
the highest part of the moutains. From the chilliest artic regions
to the hardest deserts in between.
The biosphere encompasses all forms of life on earth, this
includes fungi, bacteria and various micro-organisms that
cannot be seen with a naked eye.
In desert regions we have organisms like cactus and camels
which have adapted to the extremely dry and hot conditions.
In the polar regions like the animals, polar bear, penguins and
various species of seals thrives in the cold regions.
Forests which can rain from tropical rainforests near the
equator.
Forests which are near the poles of the equator.
Fresh water ecosystems are like the fish, amphians, water
field, and many types of invertebrates.
The biosphere with the other spheres in numerous ways:
Plants growing soil which is a part of the geosphere, they take
up the carbon dioxide and require water which is an important
aspects for plants. Animals breathe oxygen from the
atmosphere and drink water from the hydrosphere. The
geosphere and hydrosphere provide a great habitat for a
different habitat.
The essential interplay between the biosphere and the other sphere
play a key to sustaining life on earth.
The interdependence of all living plants and animals play a balanced
and interconnectivity of all planet.
Grade 7 natural science
The biosphere
Life and living
Strand 1
What is biosphere?
-Where life exist.
-The region of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by
living organisms.
- biosphere consists of the atmosphere (air), lithosphere(soil and
rocks) and the hydrosphere (water)
- all plants, animals and micro-organisms live inside the biosphere.
-the biosphere energy comes from the sun through photosynthesis.
-during photosynthesis light energy is converted into chemical
energy(food)
- organisms living in water Is called marine or aquatic.
-Organisms living on land is called terrestrial.
-plants and animals need each other. Plants provide shelter for
animals.
-animals transport plants pollen and seeds.
The process of photosynthesis:
- Remember the photosynthesis uses light energy
The earths geosphere
- The geosphere is all the solid matter that makes up our planet
extending the earth surface down to its core.
- It consists of rocks, mountains, beaches and all the other
physical features excluding water and living things.
- This does not consider earth surface also the layers underneath
it.
The geosphere interacts with the other species in various ways:
For example: with the hydrosphere, rivers shape valleys and from a
sediment.
When the heat from the core heats the oceans.
The interactions with the atmosphere occur:
- When volcanos, eruptions release gases such as nitrogen
influencing planet.
- With the biosphere is when plants break down rocks into soil.
- When humans use the geosphere for resources for minerals
models, changes in one sphere, you will need to change in the
others.
The hydrosphere
- The hydrosphere includes all the water above, below the
surface of the earth.
- Which consists of oceans and contributes to majority of the
hydrosphere as well as rivers, lakes, ground water, ice, and
even water vapour in the atmosphere.
Interactions
- It interacts with the geosphere in the process of erosion and
depositions. It can create alter land forms similarity, oceans of
the hydrosphere can influence by distributing hake across the
planet.
- The atmosphere through the water cycle, where water
evaporates and denses in the atmosphere and precipates back
to earth surface. This enables to regulate the earth
temperature and plays a crucial role in weather patterns.
- The most important interaction with the biosphere, the
hydrosphere provides the entire living animals in order to
survive.
- Plants need water to grow more by photosynthesis.
- The hydrosphere is interacted can cause significant impacts of
all the other aspects.
The seven life processes
- Nutrition: plants produce food through photosynthesis.
Animals feed on plants and other animals. Plants are producers
and animals are consumers.
- Growth: everything starts as a single cell that multiplies to form
million of cells. Organisms grow and replace damaged tissue.
- Reproduction: organisms reproduce asexually and sexually
(according to their own land)
- Respiration: the mitochondria uses the sugar in our food and
the oxygen we inhale to produce energy for our cells.
- Excretion: defecating, urinating and sweating.
- Sensitivity: all organisms are sensitive to the environment.
- Movement: all organisms can move. Plants like
sunflowers,venus, fly trap etc.
- In order for us to have food, growth has to occur, as you are
growing, you are replacing damaged tissues.
- Respiration is where we are breathing and energy flows from
one form to another.
- Sensitivity: you will see that certain animals adapt to harsh
living conditions.
Requirements for life
- Non living factors: sunlight/shade, water,air, tempature, soil,
slope,fire.(this all non living which all living organisms
depend on.)
- Requirements for seedling germination: water, tempature,
soil(sand,dry and loam), gasses(carbon exists in the sugar
and the atmosphere in the carbon dioxide,oxygen, nitrogen
in protiens and chorophyll), energy from the sun.
- When I plant a seed, the seed needs water to become a
bigger plant.
Biodiversity
- It refers to all living organisms (plants, animals and micro
organisms) and habitats(living space that lives in an habitat)
- Classification is the process to catergorise things of the same
type logically and methodically.
- Linnqeus started with the classification of organisms.
- Remember we take plants and animals and then classify it in
a specific group that is famialiar, then therefore they can be
put in the right habitat.
5 kingdoms of life
- Bacteria(monera): microscopic, unicellular, no cell nuncleus.
It is the ex production of cheese and yogurt and illness like
tuberculosis.
- Protista: microscopic, unicellular and true cell nucleus. Ex
malaria parasite.
- Fungi: mushrooms, breadmolds and atheles foot.
- Plants: trap sunlight as chemical energy(food) through
photosynthesis serves as food for animals. It includes algae,
exseaweed.
- Animals eat plants and other animals can move around. They
can be a carnivore, herbivore and omnivore.
Differences between plants and
animals
Plants animals
Nutrition photosynthesis Eats plants and
animals
Movement Limited freely
Reproduction Asexually and sexual Mostly sexually
