What does biosphere mean?
Word: Biosphere
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Biosphere means all the parts of the Earth where living things are found: the land, the water and the lower air.
How do you spell biosphere?
Syllables: bi - o - sphere
Tricky part: The f sound is spelt ph. Biosfere is the slip examiners see most.
Watch out for: biosfere, biosphear
Memory tip: The f sound in sphere is ph, as in photo and phone.
Biosphere in a sentence
Example 1: Every living thing on Earth is part of the biosphere.
Example 2: Pollution in the sea affects the whole biosphere.
Example 3: The biosphere reaches from deep oceans to high mountain slopes.
Fun Fact
India has 18 biosphere reserves. The first, the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, was set up in 1986.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rehspoibe
a) prophesy
b) hosepipe
c) biosphere
d) probe
Show answer
c) biosphere. Hosepipe and prophesy both need two p's, and probe uses only five letters, so all nine make biosphere.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) pollusion
b) biosphere
c) enviroment
d) oxigen
Show answer
b) biosphere. Biosphere is right; environment needs an n before the m, oxygen a y, and pollution ends in tion.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
bi_sph_re
a) o, i
b) o, e
c) a, e
d) e, e
Show answer
b) o, e. Bio has an o, and sphere has an e after the ph.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Every living thing in the biosphere needs clean water and warm sunshien.
a) water
b) biosphere
c) sunshien
d) living
Show answer
c) sunshien. Sunshine ends in ine.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is part of the biosphere?
a) the surface of the Moon
b) the Earth's hot core
c) a coral reef
d) the inside of a volcano
Show answer
c) a coral reef
2. Why are forests important to the biosphere?
a) They give homes to many living things.
b) They keep the oceans from getting salty.
c) They stop rain from reaching the ground.
d) They make the air around them hotter.
Show answer
a) They give homes to many living things.
