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In biology and ecology the environment is all of the natural materials and living things, including sunlight.
*Environment
*Ecology*the branch of
biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
*Different ecosystem*The ecosystems
are of many different types and are classified based on a number of factors . Basically there are two types of ecosystems, the aquatic ecosystems and the terrestrial ecosystems.
*Aquatic Ecosystem
*An ecosystem which exists in a body of water is known as an aquatic ecosystem.
*aquatic ecosystems are mainly of two
types* freshwater ecosystems
* marine ecosystems
*Terrestrial Ecosystem
*The ecosystem which is found only on landforms is known as the terrestrial ecosystem
*main types of terrestrial ecosystem
*the grassland ecosystems
*the mountain ecosystems
atmosphere
*Atmosphere*Atmosphere of Earth,
which is mostly nitrogen, also contains oxygen used by most organisms for respiration and carbon dioxide used by plants
. Earth has four primary layers
*Thermosphere *Mesosphere*Stratosphere *Troposphere
*biodiversity
*Biodiversity refers to the variety of life and its processes.
*Independence and interrelationship of living
organism
*All major components of the environment viz., Air, Water, Land, Energy and Living beings including man are inter-related and inter- connected in one way or the other