Difference between revisions of "Environment"
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| − | (Science: biology, zoology) The sum total of all the conditions and elements which make up the surroundings and influence the development and actions of an individual. | + | (Science: [[biology]], zoology) The [[sum]] [[total]] of all the [[conditions]] and [[elements]] which [[make]] up the [[surroundings]] and [[influence]] the [[development]] and [[actions]] of an [[individual]]. |
| − | The totality of surrounding conditions; ''he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom''.The external surroundings of an organism, consisting of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors which will affect the life of all the organisms within it.The environmental conditions of earth are ideal for life to exist and steadily evolve within. | + | The totality of surrounding conditions; ''he longed for the comfortable [[environment]] of his livingroom''.The [[external]] [[surroundings]] of an [[organism]], consisting of [[biotic]] (living) and [[abiotic]] (non-living) [[factors]] which will [[affect]] the [[life]] of all the [[organisms]] within it.The environmental [[conditions]] of [[earth]] are [[ideal]] for [[life]] to [[exist]] and steadily evolve within. |
Revision as of 01:52, 3 October 2006
(Science: biology, zoology) The sum total of all the conditions and elements which make up the surroundings and influence the development and actions of an individual. The totality of surrounding conditions; he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom.The external surroundings of an organism, consisting of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors which will affect the life of all the organisms within it.The environmental conditions of earth are ideal for life to exist and steadily evolve within.