- Natural environment:
It involves all the living things around us that exist by nature e.g. air, sunlight, animals, plants etc.
- Human environment:
It include all the things around us that are made by man e.g. houses, roads, cars etc. All the things that are useful to us in our environment is called Resource. There are two main types of resources;
- Renewable resources: these are resources which renew themselves after been used e.g. water, air, sunlight, plant etc.
- Non-renewable resources: these are resources which cannot be renewed after used (they finish) e.g. minerals like petroleum, gold, diamond.
Components of the environment
Abiotic (non-living)
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Biotic (living)
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Hydrosphere (water)
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Biosphere (plants and animals)
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Atmosphere (air)
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Human being
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Lithosphere (land)
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Micro-organisms
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