Question

5. Air pollution
E.
Give short answers for the following questions. (20-30 words)
1. What are abiotic elements made of?
2. What are the four domains of the Earth?
3. What are the components of hydrosphere?
4. What is an ecosystem?
5. Why is our environment getting damaged?
60 words)​

Answer 1

1. Abiotic factors are the non living part of the environment that can often have a major influence on living organisms.. Abiotic factors include water, sunlight, oxygen, soil and temperature..

2. There are four major domains of the earth -

lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere...

3. The hydrosphere includes : the earth's oceans and seas; its ice sheets, sea ice and glaciers; its lakes, river and streams; its atmospheric moisture and ice crystals; and its area of permafrost..

4.An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment...