Sunday, August 1, 2010

ENVIRONMENT


Introduction

The word “Environment” describes our surroundings. It includes every thing present in our surrounding like the living as well as the non-living things. It is the sum total of all the living and non –living things present in our surrounding and interacting with each other in a harmonious manner. In modern concept the environment include not only the physical aspects, such as water, air, and soil but also the social and economic condition under which we live. There is an inter-relationship and interaction among these living and non living objects, and the aggregate of which forms its environment. It denotes the sum total of physical and biological factors that directly influence the survival, growth, development, and reproduction of organisms .There are two distinct types of environment: natural and man made .Natural environment denote the environment which exists in the nature or surroundings around us. Natural environment is the environment which is gifted by the nature which includes air, water, soil, mountains, rivers etc. Man made environment is the environment which is made by the man itself such as plantation of trees, cleanliness of surroundings etc. the environment is made up of many components like air,water,soil and land. Each of these components has a certain quality which makes them useful for human beings. Air contains useful gases (o2 and co2) soil contains useful substances for crop growth; water is required by all living organism, etc.

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