Identify 10 important objects that impact your environment. Classify them, as living and non-living. Is it a quantitative classification? If not, give reasons.

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Objects that impact our environment are:

(i) Factories
(ii) Animals
(iii) Human beings
(iv) Automobiles
(v) Fuel
(vi) Coal
(vii) Soil
(viii) Fertilisers
(ix) Trees
(x) Plastic

The above objects can be classified as:
a) Living- Animals, human beings, trees
b) Non-living- Factories, automobiles, soil, fuel, coal, fertilisers, plastic

No, it is not a quantitative classification as we cannot classify the data on the basis of numerical values into different classes or groups. This is because we cannot judge in numbers the impact of objects on environment.

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