10 Questions
What is the definition of the natural environment?
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally.
What does the term 'natural environment' most often refer to?
The term 'natural environment' most often refers to Earth or some parts of Earth.
What does the natural environment encompass?
The natural environment encompasses the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources.
How can the concept of the natural environment be distinguished?
The concept of the natural environment can be distinguished as components: complete ecological units and universal natural resources and physical phenomena.
What are some examples of universal natural resources and physical phenomena?
Some examples of universal natural resources and physical phenomena include air, water, climate, energy, radiation, electric charge, and magnetism.
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not ______.
artificial
The term 'natural environment' is most often applied to ______ or some parts of Earth.
Earth
The natural environment encompasses the interaction of all living species, climate, weather and natural resources that affect human survival and ______ activity.
economic
Complete ecological units function as natural systems without massive civilized human intervention, including all vegetation, microorganisms, ______, rocks, the atmosphere, and natural phenomena.
soil
Universal natural resources and physical phenomena lack clear-cut boundaries, such as air, water, and climate, as well as energy, radiation, electric charge, and ______.
magnetism
Study Notes
Definition of Natural Environment
- The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, not man-made or artificial.
- It is often applied to the Earth or parts of it.
Components of Natural Environment
- Interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that affect human survival and economic activity.
- Complete ecological units function as natural systems without massive civilized human intervention.
Components of Ecological Units
- All vegetation
- Microorganisms
- Rocks
- The atmosphere
- Natural phenomena
Universal Natural Resources and Physical Phenomena
- Lack clear-cut boundaries
- Examples: air, water, and climate
- Also include energy, radiation, electric charge, and magnetism
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