what is the best definition of environment for students?

what is the best definition of environment for students?

Definition of environment.

1.  A person's environment consists of the sum total of the stimulation which he receives from his conception (birth) until his death.

2. The sum total of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and other living things, which provide conditions for development and growth as well as of danger and damage. See also environmental factors

3. Environment may refer to:

• Environment (biophysical), the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms
• Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties
• Natural environment, all living and non-living things
• Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact
• Physical environment, in ecology
• Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places

Knowledge environment, social practices, technological and physical arrangements intended to facilitate collaborative knowledge building, decision making, inference or discovery.


4.  Normally environment means the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.

 5.  The sum of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and other living things, which provide conditions for development and growth as well as of danger and damage. See also environmental factors.