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Question
Write the factors affecting the environment.
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Solution
- The biotic and abiotic factors affect the environment. Among abiotic factors, physical and chemical factors can alter environmental conditions.
- Abiotic factors are either natural or man-made.
- The interrelationships among living organisms can also affect the environment.
- Natural disasters such as earthquakes, forest fires, cyclones, cloudbursts, and droughts change the environment.
- Human activities, such as deforestation, urbanisation, and construction, cause permanent damage to ecosystems. Due to man-made impact, there can be large-scale changes in the environment.
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