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Biomass by Kingdom

Biomass is the mass in living biological organisms or organism-like beings. Rank the given groups from having the most biomass to the least biomass.
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Last updated: October 27, 2022
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1. What group has the most biomass on earth?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Plants make up 82.4% of the planet's biomass, at 450 gigatons.
2. What group has the second highest total biomass?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Bacteria makes up 12.8% of the biomass on the planet, at 70 Gt.
3. What group has the third highest total biomass?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Fungi make up 2.2% of Earth's biomass, at 12 Gt.
4. What group has the fourth highest total biomass?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Archaea make up 1.3% of Earth's biomass, at 7 Gt.
5. What group makes up the fifth highest total biomass?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Protists make up 0.7% of the planet's biomass, at 4 Gt.
6. What group has the second lowest total biomass?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Animals only make up 0.47% of Earth's biomass, at 2.59 Gt. Humans are 2.3% of that.
7. What group has the lowest total biomass?
Viruses
Archaea
Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Viruses only make up 0.04% of the Earth's biomass, at 0.2 Gt.
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