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All the living organisms and non-livings factors constitute.
A. Biosphere
B. Community
C. Biome
D. Association

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Hint: Eduard Suess (1875) coined the term “biosphere”. He defined it as the place on Earth’s surface where life can exist.Biosphere encompasses living things and non-living things and is capable of supporting life.

Complete answer:
An ecosystem is a collection of biotic or abiotic components which is capable of independent existence. The biotic factors include plants, animals and microorganism, and abiotic factors are light, soil, water and water.
The biosphere is the global ecosystem in which living beings and their interaction among themselves and with the physical environment such as lithosphere, hydrosphere and the atmosphere. It is a global ecosystem that consists of living organisms and the abiotic factors from which they get nutrients and energy.
The biosphere includes the lithosphere, the outer region of the earth and the troposphere. The troposphere is the lowest region of the earth in which the human beings along with other living organisms live.
A group of similar individuals in a particular region constitutes a population. The population of all the species in a particular region together makes the community. The community included grasses, shrubs, insects, rodents and various species of mammals as well.
Biomes are major types of the ecosystem on land, it has the characteristic appearance and is distributed over a wide area of land. Biomes are named according to their vegetational structures and also include the animals present in it.
Biosphere encompasses living things and non-living things and is capable of supporting life.

So, the correct answer is option A, biosphere.

Note: The biosphere gets gases and sunlight from the atmosphere, collects water from hydrosphere and gets living space from the geosphere.
Some major biomes of India are tropical rain forest, temperate needle-leaf biome and tropical deciduous forest biome.