CHAPTER 1 : KNOWING THE ENVIRONMENT
KNOWING THE ENVIRONMENT The climate will probably change.We could have bigger floods during the monsoon and severe droughts at other times.The term 'environment' is defined as the natural world in which plants ,animals and humans live. Ecosystem While discussing environmental issues, the term 'ecosystem' comes up often. An ecosystem is an area in which a particular group of organisms lives and interacts with its environment.A puddle of water, a stream, a clump of bushes, a thick forest, or a large desert-all are ecosystem. A forests ecosystem consists of trees, animals, birds, butterfly,etc. An ocean ecosystem includes the waves, currents, marine animals, seaweeds, corals, temperature, salinity and so on.The ecosystem of this planet are interconnected and interdependent.Ecosystem provide us with invaluable services.For example, a forest ecosystem retains water and releases it slowly. A wetland ecosystem cleans up water. Many ecosystem together ke...