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Environment - Coggle Diagram
Environment
Components
Nature
Hydrosphere (water)
Includes :
Rivers
Seas
Lakes
Oceans
Importance
Essential for life
Atmosphere (air)
Includes :
Thin layer of air that surrounds Earth because of gravity
Gases
Water vapour
Dust
Importance
Protects us from the UV rays of the sun
Changes in the atmosphere produce weather and climate
Lithosphere (land)
Includes :
Minerals
Soil
Rocks
Irregular surface with landforms
Mountains
Plains
Plateaus
Valleys
Importance
Provides us with plants, which is food
Land for human settlements
Mineral wealth
Biosphere (living things)
Includes :
Plant Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
Narrow zone where land, water and air interact
Human Made
Natural material that humans have modified for their own convenience
Buildings
Parks
Bridges
Roads
Monuments
Industries
Human
Social everyday practices of humans
Individual
Family
Community
Religion
Education
Economy
Politics
Human Environment
In the past
Adapted to the environment
Then
Modify the environment due to increase of needs by
Agriculture
Abundance of food
Domestication of animals
Settling down
Barter system
Trading
Commerce
Industrial Revolution
Information Revolution
Fast communication
Invention of the wheel
Transportation is faster
Balance between natural and human environment required
Types
Biotic
Living Organisms
Abiotic
Non Living Organisms
Fun Facts :
Word Origin - French ‘environer’ - ‘neighbourhood’
5th June - World Environment Day
Ecosystem
How living things depend on and interact with their surroundings and each other.
Transfer Of Energy