Environment For PPCS Civil Services Exam

Environment

• Composition and structure of the atmosphere.

• Solar system – heat balance & temperature.

• Atmospheric circulation & weather system, water cycle.

• Climate change – fossil fuels, greenhouse gases, renewable energy,

• clean development mechanism, carbon credits.

• Water – oceans, rivers, glaciers, lakes, groundwater etc.

• Biodiversity & conservation.

• Soil – types, crops, food chain etc.

• Pollution and toxicity etc.