Question

Environment consists of

• A. land, air, water
• B. light, temperature and rainfall
• C. plants, animals and microbes
• D. All the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The environment consists of two major components:

• Abiotic components: These are non-living components of the environment and consist of two things, materials and energy (that may be light or chemical energy). Materials include land, air, water, minerals, salts, atmospheric gases, rainfall, temperature etc.
• Biotic components: These are living components of the environment and divided into autotrophic and heterotrophic components. An autotrophic component is the producers or green plants while heterotrophic component includes consumers (primary, secondary and tertiary consumers) and decomposers (microbes). Hence, all the given options are correct.

So, the correct answer is 'All the above'.