Natural Resources and Their Types
Natural resources constitute both living and non-living resources. Non-living resources are renewable and non-renewable.
Natural resources constitute both living and non-living resources. Non-living resources are renewable and non-renewable.
Waste too is found in three states- solids, liquids and gases. Liquid wastes such as different types of chemicals, useless medicines, detergents, pesticides, oil, automobile wastes etc. spread on the soil surface and make it poisoned. Decomposition and burning of things on ground produce different gases that pollute the air.
Sun is the only source of energy in the biosphere. Every living being can get its share of energy through food only and the energy is directly or indirectly obtained from green plants only.
The flow of nutrients in ecosystem takes place in cyclic pathways through food chains, food webs and bio-geo-chemical cycles. Food…
Growth of human population, fast but unplanned industrialization and irresponsible behavior to environment are causing imbalances in the local, regional, national and global environment. These are causing not only local but global problems in the environment.
Green plants and trees that synthesize their own food are called as Autotrophs.Others who depend on them are called as Heterotrophs.
The total area where living beings are found is called as biosphere. It can be divided into many small independent units called as Ecosystem. In fact, the unit of biosphere which incorporates many types of microorganisms, plants and animals, physical factors like soil, water, air etc. interacting among themselves is called as ecosystem
Substances that are thrown out to some place due to their uselessness or excreted out of our body are called as waste substances.
Man is surrounded by various life forms, forces and conditions- both physical and biological. Sunlight, land, air and water form physical conditions whereas all the plants, animals, and microorganisms form biological conditions.