Desert Biome. Forest Biome. Grassland Biome. Marine Biome. Biosphere: Ecosystems. The word ecosystem is short for ecological systems.
An ecosystem includes all of the living organisms in a specific area. These systems are the plants and animals interacting with their non-living environments (weather, Earth, Sun, soil, atmosphere). An ecosystem's development depends on the energy that moves in and out of that system. Biosphere 2: How a Sci-Fi Stunt Turned Into the World's Biggest Earth Science Lab. Flickr: Image If you were born after 1980 or so, then you probably most closely associate the concept of a manmade biosphere with Pauly Shore and fart jokes you didn't even think were funny when you were eleven.
But unlike the Biodome, the Biosphere was an actual thing. World Biome Information.