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Earth's biosphere / Charles Hofer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding Earth's systemsPublisher: New York : Powerkids Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538329832
  • 1538329832
  • 9781538329856
  • 1538329859
  • 9781538329863
  • 1538329867
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Our living planet -- In the beginning -- It's alive -- The giver of life -- Evolution by natural selection -- Biomes -- Tropical and temperate forests -- Deserts and grasslands -- Tundra and taiga -- Marine and freshwater biomes -- Human beings -- Biodiversity -- Climate change.
Summary: The biosphere refers to the parts of Earth where life exists or where known life has existed in the past. The biosphere is comprised of the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere because life exists in each of those three spheres, from birds in the sky to fish in the water to worms in the dirt. Food chains represent interconnected life cycles in the biosphere. Energy is transferred from one organism to the next and, as apex predators die, nutrients are returned to the soil. Readers will learn how people affect the biosphere and how life and energy are maintained in the biosphere.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 551.1 H697 Available 33111010398713
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The biosphere refers to the parts of Earth where life exists or where known life has existed in the past. The biosphere is comprised of the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere because life exists in each of those three spheres, from birds in the sky to fish in the water to worms in the dirt. Food chains represent interconnected life cycles in the biosphere. Energy is transferred from one organism to the next and, as apex predators die, nutrients are returned to the soil. Readers will learn how people affect the biosphere and how life and energy are maintained in the biosphere.

Our living planet -- In the beginning -- It's alive -- The giver of life -- Evolution by natural selection -- Biomes -- Tropical and temperate forests -- Deserts and grasslands -- Tundra and taiga -- Marine and freshwater biomes -- Human beings -- Biodiversity -- Climate change.

The biosphere refers to the parts of Earth where life exists or where known life has existed in the past. The biosphere is comprised of the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere because life exists in each of those three spheres, from birds in the sky to fish in the water to worms in the dirt. Food chains represent interconnected life cycles in the biosphere. Energy is transferred from one organism to the next and, as apex predators die, nutrients are returned to the soil. Readers will learn how people affect the biosphere and how life and energy are maintained in the biosphere.

Grades 4-6.

Includes index.

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