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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, the physical and chemical factors can alter the conditions of the environment.
- Abiotic factors are either natural or man-made.
- The various interrelationships between different living organisms can also affect environment.
- The natural disasters such as earthquake, forest fires cyclones, cloud bursting, drought etc. change the environment.
- The human activities such as deforestation, urbanisation, construction etc. cause permanent damage to the ecosystems. Due to man-made impact, there can be large scale changes in the environment.
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