What is an environmental factor?
Q: What is an environmental factor?
A: An environmental factor is any factor that influences living organisms.
Q: What are the two types of environmental factors?
A: The two types of environmental factors are abiotic and biotic factors.
Q: What are abiotic factors?
A: Abiotic factors include ambient temperatures, the amounts of sunlight and PH of water soil in which organisms live.
Q: What are biotic factors?
A: Biotic factors include the availability of food organisms and the presence of predators, parasites and competitors.
Q: How are cancers related to environmental factors?
A: Cancers are often related to environmental factors. Having a healthy diet, healthy weight, limiting alcoholic drinks and quitting or not starting smoking cuts down the risks of getting cancer.
Q: What environmental triggers have been studied for asthma and autism?
A: Environmental triggers for asthma and autism have been studied as well.
Q: What can be done to cut down the risk of getting cancer?
A: To cut down the risk of getting cancer, one can have a healthy diet, healthy weight, limit alcoholic drinks and quit or not start smoking.
