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Understanding the Natural Environment

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth, including complete ecological systems and universal natural resources. It is defined as consisting of ecological units that function as natural systems without human intervention, containing all relevant organisms, materials, air, water, and phenomena. Additionally, it includes ubiquitous resources like air, water, climate, energy and magnetism that are not human-created.

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Understanding the Natural Environment

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth, including complete ecological systems and universal natural resources. It is defined as consisting of ecological units that function as natural systems without human intervention, containing all relevant organisms, materials, air, water, and phenomena. Additionally, it includes ubiquitous resources like air, water, climate, energy and magnetism that are not human-created.

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natural environment, encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or


some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species.[1] The
concept of the natural environment can be distinguished by components:

 Complete ecological units that function as natural systems without


massive human intervention, including
all vegetation,microorganisms, soil, rocks, atmosphere and natural phenomena that occur within
their boundaries.

 Universal natural resources and physical phenomena that lack clear-cut boundaries, such


as air, water, and climate, as well as energy, radiation, electric charge, and magnetism, not
originating from human activity.
 influences; surroundings; milieu.
 2.
 Ecology . the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all otherexternal factors surrou
nding and affecting a given organismat any time.
 3.
 the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a personor a population.
 4.
 Computers . the hardware or software configuration, or themode of operation, of 
a computer system: In a time-sharingenvironment, transactions are processed a
s they occur.
 5.
 an indoor or outdoor setting that is characterized by thepresence of environmenta
l art  that is itself designed to besite-specific.
 See images of environment
 Search environment on the Web
 Origin: 
1595–1605; environ  + -ment

—Related forms
 en·vi·ron·men·tal, adjective
 en·vi·ron·men·tal·ly, adverb
 in·ter·en·vi·ron·men·tal, adjective
 non·en·vi·ron·men·tal, adjective
 non·en·vi·ron·men·tal·ly, adverb
 pre·en·vi·ron·men·tal, adjective
 pro·en·vi·ron·men·tal, adjective

 —Can be confused:   biosphere, ecology, ecosystem, environment,habitat (see 
synonym note at the current entry ).

 —Synonyms 
1.  locale, environs. ENVIRONMENT, MILIEU, AMBIANCE, SETTING,SURROUNDINGS  all refer 
to what makes up the atmosphere orbackground against which someone or somet
hing is [Link]  may refer either to actual physical surroundings or toso
cial or cultural background factors: an environment of crime andgrinding poverty
. MILIEU,  encountered most often in literarywriting, refers to intangible aspects of 
the environment: anexhilarating milieu of artistic ferment and innovation. AMBIA
NCE applies to the atmosphere of the surroundings, their mood or tone:an ambian
ce of ease and elegance. SETTING  suggests abackground that sets something off: 
a perfect setting for theemerald. SURROUNDINGS  alludes specifically to the physic
al aspectsof the environment: awoke in strange surroundings; blend in withher 
surroundings.

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