NATURE

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:16:00 -0700

aq bnr2 males,,boring,,campur aduk,,dk tw ap ni yg d rasain,,keq ad rasa sakit,,jgn smp emosi d kendalikan oleh perasaan,,hrs pkk logika yayang,,cb berfikir jernih,,mgkn slh aq,,atw apalah,,tp kyknya aq kecolongan lagii,,slt tuk percaya,,thx god,,u c d true way..hope my mam choice is d best fo all..

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:14:00 -0800

baru sehari tinggal d humz, uda gk betah!!! pegi b aq dr rumah ni. RINGAM nian ! gk ada yg bs NGERTI aq d humz!! bwt kesel b.! nk maarah2 trs..ktk slh nk d marahi..shitlah

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:18:00 -0800

Tsunami in Tokyo..-.-'..

astgfrlh,,smg indonesia baik2 aja y allah. amin..

menu hri ini kepiting ala mama,,enak..

hmm,,today @home,,blajar bwt makanan,,asyk ne td siang abs bwt donat n es krimm,,maknyos!!

bsk mw cb resep makanan baru lg ahh,,hmm pgn bwt sosis tahu ..yummy!!

holiday..uhh yup!! pengen liburan nee,,saat yg tepat bwt memanjakan diri,refreshing dr penat,jenuh,n mslh2 yg uda aq laluin. ini saat ny bwt bls dendam!!

atur planing bwt liburan,,hmm enk nya kmn yaa??!!

shoping,,beli dress merah @ptc..>.<..beli ini itu,,trs b3..uhh byk nian mau nya,,

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:44:00 -0800

niii cowwokk misteriuss n romantiisss!! sumpah bwt org jadi penasaran n kelepek2 nee,,

suka semua ttng KID si pencuri..cb kl d dunia nyata ada yang kyk gini,,uda gua pacarin kalee,,:D

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:45:00 -0800

Malem Jum'at..

hrs ny malem ni wkt ny baca yasin, tp lg gk sholat ne,,biasa mslh wanita kl lg dateng..:p

alhamdulillah mlm ni bisa santai sdkt refresh menikmati wkt libur,,penat n jenuh,,masalah iang uda aq lewati bbrp mgg yg lalu,,akhrny bisa q lalui dgn sukses.amiinn..

wlopn kmrn sempet down cz sdkt mslh kuliah tp puji syukur,,thx to allah,,smua berjaln lancar n tpt waktu. akhir ny bisa Udicium d hari valentine 14 februari 2011,, dan smoga d hari wisuda ntar berjalan lancar (22 maret 2011) amin y rob.

byk bersyukur py mama yg slalu setia nemenin aq kemana aja,,my mom is my superhero..so oasm!! kt org t ya mama q manager q.:)..wlpn cerewet ny minta amppuuunn!! tp bunda selalu ada d saat ssh n sng. sangat berjasa.LUV U MOM! :*

td siang abz fiting baju kebaya,,(sumpah kebaya gue cantik bgt!^^) check kebaya uda d taken, fto wisuda uda, tgl gladi resih tgl 18 maret n boking salon bwt hari H ne .

hei revisi laporan menyusul guys! take it easy ..

btw PW gue mana ne??!!! oh Ghost ! -.-'

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Sat, 5 Mar 2011 04:18:00 -0800

MATA QWUUUHH,,,MERAH,,PEDIH,GATAL,,RED EYE..T,T..

luv paul frank

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:28:00 -0800

jiaahaahahaa...Luv Luv Luv dis picture..:*

suka bgt sm all 'bout paul frank,,badge ny, boneka, tas, accesoris, pkkny pernak pernik smua ny..x))

andai ada yg mau ksh aq yak? apa aja deh yg berbau paul frank aq suka n mau ! xD

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:30:00 -0700

silahkan d klik,,jgn lp dftr y!!! http://www.dbc-network.com/?id=PaULfRanK

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:21:00 -0700

HBD INDONESIA RAYA..
Dirgahayu ke-65 thn,,

MeT HaRi KEMERDEKAAN 17 aGoustus

LuV INDONESIA JAYA

^-^

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:05:00 -0700

Sinopsis "Rumah BrataP BougEnville " by AgneS JessiCa

Setelah mamanya meninggal, Lianka baru tahu bahwa ia cucu wanita kaya raya yang tinggal di sebuah rumah besar beratap bugenvil. Banyak rahasia dalam rumah itu menyangkut almarhum ayahnya dan seluruh keluarga neneknya yang tidak terlalu harmonis. Ia baru tahu bahwa ia sepupu Prisil, gadis angkuh teman sekolahnya. Feriz, anak baru di sekolahnya ternyata tinggal di rumah itu juga. Prisil jatuhcinta pada Feriz, tapi pemuda itu bersikap dingin terhadap gadis yang mendekatinya. Kenyataan bahwa neneknya yang tidak peduli terhadap keluarganya tapi malah menerima orang asing di rumanya membangkitkan keingintahuan Lianka. Mengapa neneknya menerima Feriz tinggal di rumah itu? Dapatkah Lianka menyibak rahasia yang dipendam sang nenek? Apa pula rahasia yang disimpan Feriz?

suka bgt sm novel ini...p lg ada cuplikan kt2 dr crt ni "Qt hdp untk masa depan,,bukan masa lalu..",,hmm,,,jd kangen sm ni novel..uda 2 kali punya novel ni tp ilang trs,,gk jodoh x ya,,hehe..

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:07:00 -0700

suka bgt ama ipin dan upi,,mulai dri film nya,,,boneka nya,,pkk nya smua gadget yg ada ipin upin nya ,,yeeellaaah,,,suka sama yam guring,,,hehe

suka suka suka,,mw mw mw,,,cinta cinta cinta..bagt bagt bgat sm ipin upin,,huhu

samlekom...

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:58:00 -0700

hmm,,, bgg ma nulis apa..cz da la gk nge-blog,,,
he he,,
its time 2 show again,,xixixi

hai heluu halow hiloo..

aufweidersehen . , ,

Nature Beyond Earth

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:41:00 -0700

Outer space, also simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace (and terrestrial locations). There is no discrete boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and space, as the atmosphere gradually attenuates with increasing altitude. Outer space within the solar system is called interplanetary space, which passes over into interstellar space at what is known as the heliopause.

Outer space is certainly spacious, but it is far from empty. Outer space is sparsely filled with several dozen types of organic molecules discovered to date by microwave spectroscopy, blackbody radiation left over from the big bang and the origin of the universe, and cosmic rays, which include ionized atomic nuclei and various subatomic particles. There is also some gas, plasma and dust, and small meteors. Additionally, there are signs of human life in outer space today, such as material left over from previous manned and unmanned launches which are a potential hazard to spacecraft. Some of this debris re-enters the atmosphere periodically.

Although the planet Earth is currently the only known body within the solar system to support life, current evidence suggests that in the distant past the planet Mars possessed bodies of liquid water on the surface.For a brief period in Mars' history, it may have also been capable of forming life. At present though, most of the water remaining on Mars is frozen. If life exists at all on Mars, it is most likely to be located underground where liquid water can still exist.

Conditions on the other terrestrial planets, Mercury and Venus, appears to be too harsh to support life as we know it. But it has been conjectured that Europa, the fourth-largest moon of Jupiter, may possess a sub-surface ocean of liquid water and could potentially host life.

matter and Energy

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:38:00 -0700

Some fields of science see nature as matter in motion, obeying certain laws of nature which science seeks to understand. For this reason the most fundamental science is generally understood to be "physics"—the name for which is still recognizable as meaning that it is the study of nature.

Matter is commonly defined as the substance of which physical objects are composed. It constitutes the observable universe. The visible components of the universe are now believed to compose only 4 percent of the total mass. The remainder is believed to consist of 23 percent cold dark matter and 73 percent dark energy. The exact nature of these components is still unknown and is currently under intensive investigation by physicists.

The behavior of matter and energy throughout the observable universe appears to follow well-defined physical laws. These laws have been employed to produce cosmological models that successfully explain the structure and the evolution of the universe we can observe. The mathematical expressions of the laws of physics employ a set of twenty physical constants that appear to be static across the observable universe. The values of these constants have been carefully measured, but the reason for their specific values remains a mystery.

Beauty in nature

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:37:00 -0700

Beauty in nature has long been a common theme in life and in art, and books emphasizing beauty in nature fill large sections of libraries and bookstores. That nature has been depicted and celebrated by so much art, photography, poetry and other literature shows the strength with which many people associate nature and beauty. Why this association exists, and what the association consists of, is studied by the branch of philosophy called aesthetics. Beyond certain basic characteristics that many philosophers agree about to explain what is seen as beautiful, the opinions are virtually endless.

Looked at through the lens of the visual arts, nature and wildness have been important subjects in various epochs of world history. An early tradition of landscape art began in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The tradition of representing nature as it is became one of the aims of Chinese painting and was a significant influence in Asian art. Artists learned to depict mountains and rivers "from the perspective of nature as a whole and on the basis of their understanding of the laws of nature … as if seen through the eyes of a bird." In the 13th century, the Song Dynasty artist Shi Erji listed "scenes lacking any places made inaccessible by nature," as one of the 12 things to avoid in painting.

In the Western world the idea of wilderness having intrinsic value emerged in the 1800s, especially in the works of the Romantic movement. British artists John Constable and JMW Turner turned their attention to capturing the beauty of the natural world in their paintings. Before that, paintings had been primarily of religious scenes or of human beings. William Wordsworth’s poetry described the wonder of the natural world, which had formerly been viewed as a threatening place. Increasingly the valuing of nature became an aspect of Western culture.This artistic movement also coincided with the Transcendentalist movement in the Western world.

Wilderness

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:34:00 -0700

Wilderness is generally defined as a natural environment on Earth that has not been directly modified by human activity. Ecologists consider wilderness areas to be an integral part of the planet's self-sustaining natural ecosystem (the biosphere).

The word, "wilderness", derives from the notion of wildness; in other words that which is not controllable by humans. The word's etymology is from the Old English wildeornes, which in turn derives from wildeor meaning wild beast (wild + deor = beast, deer). From this point of view, it is the wildness of a place that makes it a wilderness. The mere presence or activity of people does not disqualify an area from being "wilderness." Many ecosystems that are, or have been, inhabited or influenced by activities of people may still be considered "wild." This way of looking at wilderness includes areas within which natural processes operate without very noticeable human interference.

Human Interrelationship

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:33:00 -0700

Although humans currently comprise only about one-half of one percent of the total living biomass on Earth, the human effect on nature is disproportionately large (thus generating the appearance of such terms as man-nature continuum, humanized nature or human environment). Because of the extent of human influence, the boundaries between what we regard as nature and "made environments" is not clear cut except at the extremes. Even at the extremes, the amount of natural environment that is free of discernible human influence is presently diminishing at an increasingly rapid pace, or, according to some, has already disappeared.

The development of technology by the human race has allowed the greater exploitation of natural resources and has helped to alleviate some of the risk from natural hazards. In spite of this progress, however, the fate of human civilization remains closely linked to changes in the environment. There exists a highly complex feedback-loop between the use of advanced technology and changes to the environment that are only slowly becoming understood. Manmade threats to the Earth's natural environment include pollution, deforestation, and disasters such as oil spills. Humans have contributed to the extinction of many plants and animals.

Humans employ nature for both leisure and economic activities. The acquisition of natural resources for industrial use remains the primary component of the world's economic system. Some activities, such as hunting and fishing, are used for both sustenance and leisure, often by different people. Agriculture was first adopted around the 9th millennium BCE. Ranging from food production to energy, nature influences economic wealth.

Although early humans gathered uncultivated plant materials for food and employed the medicinal properties of vegetation for healing,most modern human use of plants is through agriculture. The clearance of large tracts of land for crop growth has led to a significant reduction in the amount available of forestation and wetlands, resulting in the loss of habitat for many plant and animal species as well as increased erosion.

EcoSystems

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:26:00 -0700

All forms of life interact with the environment in which they exist, and also with other life forms. In the 20th century this premise gave rise to the concept of ecosystems, which can be defined as any situation where there is interaction between organisms and their environment.

Ecosystems are composed of a variety of abiotic and biotic components that function in an interrelated way. The structure and composition is determined by various environmental factors that are interrelated. Variations of these factors will initiate dynamic modifications to the ecosystem. Some of the more important components are: soil, atmosphere, radiation from the sun, water, and living organisms.

Each living organism has a continual relationship with every other element that makes up its environment. Within the ecosystem, species are connected and dependent upon one another in the food chain, and exchange energy and matter between themselves as well as with their environment.

Every species has limits of tolerance to factors that affect its survival, reproductive success and ability to continue to thrive and interact sustainably with the rest of its environment, which in turn may have effects on these factors for many other species or even on the whole of life.The concept of an ecosystem is thus an important subject of study, as such study provides information needed to make decisions about how human life may interact in a way that allows the various ecosystems to be sustained for future use rather than used up or otherwise rendered ineffective. For the purpose of such study, a unit of smaller size is called a microecosystem. For example, an ecosystem can be a stone and all the life under it. A macroecosystem might involve a whole ecoregion, with its drainage basin.

The following ecosystems are examples of the kinds currently under intensive study:

"continental ecosystems", such as "forest ecosystems", "meadow ecosystems" such as steppes or savannas), or agro-ecosystems,
systems in inland waters, such as lentic ecosystem"s such as lakes or ponds; or lotic ecosystems such as rivers,
oceanic ecosystems.

Another classification can be made by reference to its communities, such as in the case of a human ecosystem. Regional groupings of distinctive plant and animals best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, altitude, and terrain are known as biomes. The broadest classification, today under wide study and analysis, and also subject to widespread arguments about its nature and validity, is that of the entire sum of life seen as analogous to a self-sustaining organism; a theory studied as earth system science (less formally known as Gaia theory).

Plants And AnimaLs

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:24:00 -0700

The distinction between plant and animal life is not sharply drawn, with some categories of life that stand between or across the two. Originally Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move, and animals. In Linnaeus' system, these became the Kingdoms Vegetabilia (later Plantae) and Animalia. Since then, it has become clear that the Plantae as originally defined included several unrelated groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms. However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts. Bacterial life is sometimes included in flora,and some classifications use the term bacterial flora separately from plant flora.

Among the many ways of classifying plants are by regional floras, which, depending on the purpose of study, can also include fossil flora, remnants of plant life from a previous era. People in many regions and countries take great pride in their individual arrays of characteristic flora, which can vary widely across the globe due to differences in climate and terrain.

Regional floras commonly are divided into categories such as native flora and agricultural and garden flora, the latter of which are intentionally grown and cultivated. Some types of "native flora" actually have been introduced centuries ago by people migrating from one region or continent to another, and become an integral part of the native, or natural flora of the place to which they were introduced. This is an example of how human interaction with nature can blur the boundary of what is considered nature.

Another category of plant has historically been carved out for weeds. Though the term has fallen into disfavor among botanists as a formal way to categorize "useless" plants, the informal use of the word "weeds" to describe those plants that are deemed worthy of elimination is illustrative of the general tendency of people and societies to seek to alter or shape the course of nature. Similarly, animals are often categorized in ways such as domestic, farm animals, wild animals, pests, etc. according to their relationship to human life.

Animals as a category have several characteristics that generally set them apart from other living things, though not traced by scientists to having legs or wings instead of roots and leaves. Animals are eukaryotic and usually multicellular (although see Myxozoa), which separates them from bacteria, archaea and most protists. They are heterotrophic, generally digesting food in an internal chamber, which separates them from plants and algae. They are also distinguished from plants, algae, and fungi by lacking cell walls.

With a few exceptions, most notably the sponges (Phylum Porifera), animals have bodies differentiated into separate tissues. These include muscles, which are able to contract and control locomotion, and a nervous system, which sends and processes signals. There is also typically an internal digestive chamber. The eukaryotic cells possessed by all animals are surrounded by a characteristic extracellular matrix composed of collagen and elastic glycoproteins. This may be calcified to form structures like shells, bones, and spicules, a framework upon which cells can move about and be reorganized during development and maturation, and which supports the complex anatomy required for mobility.

Microbes

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:20:00 -0700

The first form of life to develop on the Earth were microbes, and they remained the only form of life on the planet until about a billion years ago when multi-cellular organisms began to appear. Microorganisms are single-celled organisms that are generally smaller than the human eye can see. They include Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea and Protista.

These life forms are found in almost every location on the Earth where there is liquid water, including the interior of rocks within the planet.Their reproduction is both rapid and profuse. The combination of a high mutation rate and a horizontal gene transfer ability makes them highly adaptable, and able to survive in new environments, including outer space. They form an essential part of the planetary ecosystem. However some microorganisms are pathogenic and can post health risk to other organisms.

Evolution

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:18:00 -0700

Life, as we understand it, is currently only known to exist on the planet Earth. The origin of life is still a poorly understood process, but it is thought to have occurred about 3.9 to 3.5 billion years ago during the hadean or archean eons on a primordial earth that had a substantially different environment than is found at present.These life forms possessed the basic traits of self-replication and inheritable traits. Once life had appeared, the process of evolution by natural selection resulted in the formation of ever-more diverse life forms.

Species that were unable to adapt to the changing environment and competition from other life forms became extinct. However, the fossil record retains evidence of many of these older species. Current fossil and DNA evidence shows that all existing species can trace a continual ancestry back to the first primitive life forms.

The advent of photosynthesis in very basic forms of plant life worldwide allowed the sun's energy to be harvested to create conditions allowing for more complex life. The resultant oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere and gave rise to the ozone layer. The incorporation of smaller cells within larger ones resulted in the development of yet more complex cells called eukaryotes. Cells within colonies became increasingly specialized, resulting in true multicellular organisms. With the ozone layer absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation, life colonized the surface of Earth.

History Of Earth

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:16:00 -0700

Earth is estimated to have formed 4.55 billion years ago from the solar nebula, along with the Sun and other planets.The moon formed roughly 20 million years later. Initially molten, the outer layer of the planet cooled, resulting in the solid crust. Outgassing and volcanic activity produced the primordial atmosphere. Condensing water vapor, most or all of which came from ice delivered by comets, produced the oceans and other water sources.The highly energetic chemistry is believed to have produced a self-replicating molecule around 4 billion years ago.

Continents formed, then broke up and reformed as the surface of Earth reshaped over hundreds of millions of years, occasionally combining to make a supercontinent. Roughly 750 million years ago, the earliest known supercontinent Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia which broke apart about 540 million years ago, then finally Pangaea, which broke apart about 180 million years ago.

There is significant evidence, still being discussed among scientists, that a severe glacial action during the Neoproterozoic era covered much of the planet in a sheet of ice. This hypothesis has been termed the "Snowball Earth", and it is of particular interest as it precedes the Cambrian explosion in which multicellular life forms began to proliferate about 530-540 million years ago.

Since the Cambrian explosion there have been five distinctly identifiable mass extinctions.The last mass extinction occurred some 65 million years ago, when a meteorite collision probably triggered the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and other large reptiles, but spared small animals such as mammals, which then resembled shrews. Over the past 65 million years, mammalian life diversified.

Several million years ago, a species of small African ape gained the ability to stand upright. The subsequent advent of human life, and the development of agriculture and further civilization allowed humans to affect the Earth more rapidly than any previous life form, affecting both the nature and quantity of other organisms as well as global climate. By comparison, the Oxygen Catastrophe, produced by the proliferation of algae during the Siderian period, required about 300 million years to culminate.)

The present era is classified as part of a mass extinction event, the Holocene extinction event, the fastest ever to have occurred. Some, such as E. O. Wilson of Harvard University, predict that human destruction of the biosphere could cause the extinction of one-half of all species in the next 100 years.The extent of the current extinction event is still being researched, debated and calculated by biologists.

Earth

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:14:00 -0700

Earth (or, "the earth") is the only planet known to support life, and as such, its natural features are the subject of many fields of scientific research. Within the solar system, it is third nearest to the sun; it is the largest terrestrial planet and the fifth largest overall. Its most prominent climatic features are its two large polar regions, two relatively narrow temperate zones, and a wide equatorial tropical to subtropical region.Precipitation varies widely with location, from several metres of water per year to less than a millimetre. About 70 percent of the surface is covered by salt-water oceans. The remainder consists of continents and islands, with most of the inhabited land in the Northern Hemisphere.

Earth has evolved through geological and biological processes that have left traces of the original conditions. The outer surface is divided into several gradually migrating tectonic plates, which have changed relatively quickly several times. The interior remains active, with a thick layer of molten mantle and an iron-filled core that generates a magnetic field.

The atmospheric conditions have been significantly altered from the original conditions by the presence of lifeforms, which create an ecological balance that stabilizes the surface conditions. Despite the wide regional variations in climate by latitude and other geographic factors, the long-term average global climate is quite stable during interglacial periods,[13] and variations of a degree or two of average global temperature have historically had major effects on the ecological balance, and on the actual geography of the Earth.

EtymoLogy

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:10:00 -0700

The word nature means the universe, with all its phenomena. Nature was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis, which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord.

The word occurs very early in Greek philosophy, generally in similar senses to those of the modern English word nature. This is shown in the first written use of the word . in connection with a plant by Homer.

The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion. This usage was confirmed during the advent of modern scientific method.

Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), for example, is translated "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". The etymology of the word "physical" shows its use as a synonym for "natural" in about the mid-15th century.

Nature

noreply@blogger.com (The End Of Session) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:07:00 -0700

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. Manufactured objects and human interaction are not considered part of nature unless qualified in ways such as "human nature" or "the whole of nature". Nature is generally distinguished from the supernatural. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the galactic.

The word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or "the course of things, natural character." Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord.This is shown in the first written use of the word φύσις, in connection with a plant.The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socratic philosophers, and has steadily gained currency ever since. This usage was confirmed during the advent of modern scientific method in the last several centuries.

Within the various uses of the word today, "nature" may refer to the general realm of various types of living plants and animals, and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects – the way that particular types of things exist and change of their own accord, such as the weather and geology of the Earth, and the matter and energy of which all these things are composed. It is often taken to mean the "natural environment" or wilderness – wild animals, rocks, forest, beaches, and in general those things that have not been substantially altered by human intervention, or which persist despite human intervention. This more traditional concept of natural things which can still be found today implies a distinction between the natural and the artificial, with the latter being understood as that which has been brought into being by a human or human-like consciousness or mind.