Environment

Planet Earth.

In general, environment refers to the surroundings of an object.

Environment may refer to:

  • Natural environment, all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth
  • Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places
  • Environment (biophysical), the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism
  • Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties
  • Environmental science, the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment
  • Environments (series) A series of LPs, cassettes and CDs depicting natural sounds
  • Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact

See also

  • Category:Environment, for articles relating to the effect of human activity on the environment
  • Ecology, a sub-discipline of biology often confused with the environment in general
  • Environmentalism, a concern with the preservation of the environment
  • List of environmental issues
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