living world
All organisms together
The living world is the realm of biological life—all organisms, ecosystems, and natural processes that sustain them, as distinct from the inanimate or artificial.
The phrase often carries ecological or philosophical weight, emphasizing interconnection: We must protect the living world for future generations.
It can also contrast with spiritual realms: the living world versus the afterlife.
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- animal kingdomEukaryotic heterotroph classification
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- biomeMajor ecological community
ecosystem · web of life · respiration · biodiversity · rain forest · microorganisms · reproduction · mutation · flora · plant life · homeostasis · symbiosis · life cycle · survival · survival of the fittest · ecological niche · nature · adaptation
living worldgeology
Study of Earth's composition
physical world · geosphere · lithosphere · atmosphere · hydrosphere
living worldgeosphere
Planet's solid rocky component
lithosphere · hydrosphere · atmosphere · physical environment · weather systems
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