Our Environment

The term environment comes from the French word ‘environner’

• True

• False

Land, air and water together with all the living organisms like plants and animals make up our ______________

• biosphere

• Lithosphere

• environment

Biotic components consist of the non- living things like land, water, air, rocks

• True

• False

There are ___________ Domains of the environment

• Five

• Three

• Four

The outermost layer of the earth consisting of soil and rock materials is called______________

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

About_________ of the Earth’s surface is covered with water

• 21%

• 71%

• 31%

without atmosphere, our earth would have been barren like other planets

• True

• False

The word Biosphere comes from the Greek word ‘bios’ meaning ‘change’.

• True

• False

The Ecosystem is formed by the interaction of all living organisms with each other and with the physical environment in which they live.

• True

• False

Human environment is greatly influenced by the man- made environment.

• True

• False