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Basic Elements

The five basic elements earth, light, air, ether (space) and water are the reason for life on earth.

Earth supports all living organisms. All vegetation grows on earth forms the primary line in food chain. Herbivorous animals depend on vegetation and Carnivorous animals depend on herbivorous animals. Earth has all the minerals which human body needs like iron, calcium, copper etc. These minerals enter human body through vegetables, fruits and other animal meat. After death, our dead body will be either buried or burnt into ashes, in either way our body returns back to earth. This way our body will be manure for plants helping the growth of plants and completing a cycle of food chain.

Light from Sun is the main source of energy for all living organisms. Trees and plants absorbs sunlight and produces leaves, fruits and all sorts of vegetation which will be the primary food in the food chain. Human beings gets energy indirectly from Sun, in for form of food. Also, human beings receive vitamin D from sun light. This vitamin D plays an important role in the maintenance of our organ systems.

The atmospheric air is another main reason for the presence of life on earth. Human beings breathe, as long as they are breathing they are alive. We get crucial oxygen from air through our breathing, which keeps us alive. This oxygen gets absorbed into blood and it reaches each cell of our body. We can see how the oxygen in air can penetrate deep into human body.

Ether or space is the medium through which sun light travels to earth. In general it is the medium through which energy (either as wave or photon) travels. In an atom, at the center there is nucleus and at the periphery there will be electrons revolving round the nucleus. In between the two, there is huge space (space is huge when compared with the size of nucleus). This space forms a medium trough which the force (energy) from nucleus holds the electrons in their orbits.

Water is another main reason for life on this earth. Water formed a medium for the creation of living organisms and then it become a part of all living organisms. The first living organism, amoeba was born in water. All the living organisms need water in one or the other way. For the growth of the baby mother needs to provide lot of water along with other essential minerals, proteins etc to the baby. Once grown up the living organism like plants and animals needs a continuous supply of water for a healthy living.

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