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We are part of the world
Topic : We are part of the world
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Chapter 1 :
Humans and the environment
Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their physical environment
The community of organisms and their environment make up an ecosystem
The part of the Earth where living organisms are found is called the biosphere
The nutritional sequence of the ecosystem is called the food chain
The most important cause of imbalance in the ecosystem is the increase in human population
Chapter 2 :
People of the world
The difference in human skin colour is due to the difference in the amount of the pigment melanin
Social interaction between humans is based on their traditions, rituals, ethics, values, social norms and laws, which form the basis of human society
A race of people is defined as a group of people with certain common, inherited features that distinguish them from other groups of people
Today most anthropologists recognise four basic human races
The obstacles of interbreeding between different groups of human populations have been cultural and not biological
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