ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The environment is the set of physical, chemical, biological, people or society as a whole.

FACTORS THAT MAKE UP THE ENVIRONMENT

Biotic and abiotic factors are ecological components or environmental factors that constitute an ecosystem and are important for its functioning.

Biotic factors can be defined as the living elements of an ecosystem.

Abiotic elements are the non-living elements of the ecosystem.

Bodies and courses of water, air, soils and sunlight are abiotic elements.

Plants, animals (including humans), fungi, bacteria, viruses and protozoa are biotic elements.

COMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENT

NATURAL

HUMAN MADE

HUMAN

Individual

Family

Community

Religion

Educational

Economic

Political Situation

Buildings

Parks

Bridges

Roads

Monuments

Industries

Land (Lithosphere)

Air (Atmosphere)

Water (Hydrosphere)

Living Things (Biosphere)

Atmosphere: It is the thin layer of air that surrounds the Earth.

Lithosphere: It is the solid crust or the hard upper layer of the Earth.

Hydrosphere: Includes various water sources and different types of water bodies

BIOSFERA: La planta y el reino animal juntos hacen la Biosfera o el mundo vivo.