A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF CLASS IX STUDENTS OF BHADRAK DISTRICT, ODISHA

Abstract

The environment is the objects, conditions or circumstances through which an organism is surrounded which consists of all biotic factors comprising human beings, plants, animals, microbes and all a biotic factors consisting of water, light, soil, air, and so on. In other words, the environment is the aggregate of peripheral situations that stimulus the life of all organisms and determines the quality and duration of survival. Due to the population explosion, expanding industrialization and unplanned urbanization, the problems of environmental degradation is increasing rapidly. Many threats and problems are occurring to the environment such as global warming, ozone depletion, drought, soil erosion, deforestation, and pollutions which are degrading our environment.