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GEOGRAPHY
1. The Environment
Get Ready
Look at the picture and classify the components of the ecosystem as biotic and abiotic.
Biotic components Abiotic components
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Our environment is made up of the surroundings we Natural Environment
live in. These include the place where we live, the The natural environment consists of physical elements
plant and animal life that exists there, and the people
or the abiotic environment and biological
and material things that surround us. Our
environment or the biotic environment.
surroundings influence our lives just as we influence
our surroundings with our activities. The environment Abiotic Environment
may broadly be divided into two categories, namely,
The abiotic environment comprises the inorganic or
natural environment and human environment.
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