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Living Earth Unit 10 - Lesson 1 Notes Biosphere EARTH • Biosphere – the part of Earth that supports life. – The top portion of Earth’s crust, all the waters on Earth’s surface, and the surrounding atmosphere. – Made up of different environments that are home to different kinds of organisms. The Biosphere Includes… Artic Desert Coral Reef The Biosphere Includes… Rainforest Temperate Forest Coniferous Forest Ecosystem • Ecosystem – all the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment. Ecosystem – Ecology is the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment. Organism – A population is made up of all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species. – A community is all the populations in an ecosystem. Population Community Habitat • Habitat – the place in which an organism lives. – Must provide the kinds of food, shelter, temperature, and moisture (water) the organism needs to survive. – Example: Trees are the woodpecker’s habitat.