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1 - The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world's rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species.

2 - As biologists continue to study interrelationships of the living systems that inhabit our planet, they enhance our awareness of our impact on the environment.

3 - There are about forty distinct kinds of wild cats known to inhabit the earth today.

4 - The first peoples to inhabit what today is the southeastern United States sustained themselves as hunters and gathers.

5 - No one knows how many species of living organisms inhabit the earth.