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Envi
ronment
Allsurr
oundingsincludi
ngland,waterbodiesandgaseouspar tisknownas
envir
onment.Environmentiseveryt
hingthati
sar oundusincludi
ngbot hli
v i
ng
and non-l
iv
ing things.Int he envi
ronmentt her
e are di
ff
erenti nt
eract
ions
between
animals,
plant
s,
soi
l
,
waterandotherl
i
vingandnon-l
iv
ingthings.
Env
ironmentCl
assesorsegment
sbasedonphy
sicalaspect
s:
Env
ironmenti
sdi
vi
dedi
ntof
oursegment
s.
Hy
drospher
e
At
mospher
e
Li
thospher
e
Bi
ospher
e
Hy
drospher
e
Allwat erbodiesli
keglaci
ers,clouds,lakes,r
ivers,seasandwat erbodiesar e
i
ncl udedi nhydrospher
e.
The hydrosphere i
sthecomponentoft heEarththat
i
scomposedofal lli
qui
dwat erfoundont heplanet.The
hydr
ospher e i
ncludes
wat erstorageareassuchasoceans,seas,l akes,ponds,ri
vers,andst r
eams.
Ov eral
l,the
hydrospher
e i
sv er
yl arge,withtheoceansal onecov er
ingabout
71%oft hesurfaceareaofEarth.Themaj orimpor t
anceofhy drosphereisthat
watersust
ainsvar
iousl
ifeformsandpl
aysani
mpor
tantr
olei
necosy
stems
andregul
ati
ngtheatmosphere.
At
mospher
e
Atmosphereist
hegaseousenvir
onmentoriti
st heblanketofgaseswhich
complet
ely sur
rounded t
he Eart
h.The
atmosphere ofEarth
i
s composed
of
ni
trogen (
about 78%) ,
oxygen
(about 21%) ,
argon
(about 0. 9%),
carbon
di
oxide
(0.04%)and ot hergasesi nt raceamounts.Theat mospherehelpst o
pr
otectlivi
ngorganismsf rom genet i
cdamageby sol
ar
ultr
avi
olet
r
adiat
ion,
sol
ar
wi
nd and cosmicray
s. Diff
erentmajorgasesareusedbyl i
vi
ngorganisms.
Li
thospher
e
Bi
ospher
e