The physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism.
1.Hydrosphere 2.Atmosphere 3.Lithosphere 4.Biosphere 5.Anthrosphere
Environment is the sum total of all living and non living factors that compose the surroundings of man.
Components of Environment
1.Hydrosphere(Water)2.Atmosphere(Air)3.Lithosphere(Land)4.Biosphere(Flora/Fauna/Microbes)5.Anthrosphere (man made things
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It is the condition or surroundings in which all living things lives. There are four main components Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere.
Without going into scientific and technical details, I would say that we are surrounded by environment, it is everything around us that is natural and is part of our life and existence.
Environment is related to our surroundings which consists of water, air and all the five basics called Panchtatva. If can manage to keep them clean. I know we ourselves are made of those 5 basic elements and keeping them clean means we are doing a favor to ourselves.