This document discusses the elements of the environment. It identifies the environment as being constituted by interacting physical, biological, and cultural elements. The physical elements include space, landforms, water bodies, climate, soils, rocks, and minerals. Biological elements comprise plants, animals, microorganisms, and humans. Cultural elements refer to economic, social, and political factors that make up the cultural milieu. The document also notes there are three types of environment according to Kurt Lewin: physical, social/cultural, and psychological.

1. LESSON 1. Elements of
Environment
B.Tech. II year
Subject Environment Science
Mamta Sagar
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioinformatics
UIET, CSJMU University, Kanpur

2. Element of Environment
Environment is constituted by the interacting systems of physical,
biological and cultural elements inter-related in various ways,
individually as well as collectively.

3. (1) Physical elements
Physical elements are as space, landforms, water
bodies, climate soils, rocks and minerals.
They determine the variable character of the
human habitat, its opportunities as well as
limitations.

4. (2) Biological elements
Biological elements such as plants, animals,
microorganisms and men constitute the
biosphere.

5. (3) Cultural elements
Cultural elements such as economic, social and
political elements are essentially manmade
features, which make cultural milieu.

6. • According to Kurt Lewin, environment is of three types
which influence the personality of an individual as
under:
• (a) Physical Environment
• (b) Social and Cultural Environment, and
• (c) Psychological Environment. These may be
explained as under:

7. References
• Y.K.Singh,2006, Environment Science. NEW AGE
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