The Emergence Machine

Biosphere

physical · Earth Science · Level 5 · E7

E7Ecosystems

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The biosphere is the global sum of all living organisms and their interactions with the Earth's geology, encompassing the totality of life on the planet, which is a zone of life that extends from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Biosphere” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Biosphere”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
biosphere
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0BiosphereGeologyOrganismRockCellEarthMineralFormLandLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBiosphere EcoL8Biodiversity EcoL9BiosphereL5EarthL3OrganismL4GeologyL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Earth L3 (requires)
    biosphere is a global system involving the earth
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    The biosphere is the global sum of all living organisms and their interactions with the Earth's geology, encompassing the totality of life on the planet.
  • Geology L5 (requires) mutual
    biosphere is an earth science concept.

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