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lyudmila [28]
3 years ago
15

Earth supports life forms numbering more than _____.

Biology
1 answer:
soldier1979 [14.2K]3 years ago
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Earth supports 8.7 million different forms of life. Out of this, 6.5 million species inhabit the land and the rest 2.2 live in the oceans. This figure has recently been announced by the Census of the Marine life and is known as the global biodiversity of the earth. 
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