Question

What is the biosphere? Give its major features.

Answer 1

The biosphere is the narrow zone of contact between the land, water and air, comprising of all forms of life.
Features of the biosphere are as follows:
- There are several species of organism in the biosphere. They are divided into plant kingdom and animal kingdom.
- They vary in size from microbes and bacteria to huge mammals.
- All the living organisms including human are linked to each other and to the biosphere for survival.