environment

Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ Natural environment, refers to all living and non-living things occurring naturally and the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that impact on any organism or a group of organisms.

== Other physical and cultural environments == Ecology, the study of the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties. Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the settings for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places. Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact. Market environment, business term.