Question

Match the following:
1. Physical environment includes
a. Atmosphere
2. It is the most dynamic in nature
b. Human beings
3.
A narrow zone supporting life
c. Non-living things
4. They are capable of modifying environment
d. Biosphere
5.
Rocks rich in silica and magnesium
e. Sima
Answer the following questions in brief.
1.
Name the major components of the environment.
2. What is meant by Sima and Sial?
Mention the distribution of water in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

1.The physical environment includes land, air, water, plants and animals, buildings and other infrastructure, and all of the natural resources that provide our basic needs and opportunities for social and economic development. A clean, healthy environment is important for people's physical and emotional wellbeing.

2. The atmosphere is most dynamic in nature because it holds gases and harmful rays to protect the earth to make weather.

3.biosphere

4.He is capable of modifying it according to his need to live a comfortable life. Humans learn new ways to use and change environment and as a result invented many things. Industrial revolution enabled large scale production of goods.

5. Felsic igneous rocks are silica rich and contain abundant potassium feldspar and quartz.  Mafic igneous rocks are iron and magnesium rich and contain abundant pyroxene, and calcium rich plagioclase feldspar.

1.The basic components of the environment are atmosphere or the air, lithosphere or the rocks and soil, hydrosphere or the water, and the living component of the environment or the biosphere. the thick gaseous layer surrounding the earth.

2.Sima is the earth's crusts lower layer and contains rocks with an abundance of magnesium silicate minerals, the word Sima is an amalgam of the first two letters of Magnesium and Silica. 3. Surface of Northern hemisphere is 60.7% water, compared with 80.9% water in the case of the Southern Hemisphere.