At about what rate in mm/year is the Nazca Plate converging with the South American Plate just to the east of the Altiplano, the high desert plateau of central South America?

All of the following statements about the biosphere are true except: a. light and heat from the sun do not affect the biosphere. b. the biosphere gets resources from earth's crust, hydrosphere and atmosphere. c. like "biology", the name for the biosphere comes from the greek word for life. d. the biosphere includes all living organisms on earth's surface.