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environment
The surroundings in which animals, plants, and other organisms live. The study of living things in relation to their environment is called ecology. Organisms are affected by many different physical factors in their environment, such as temperature, water, gases, light, pressure, and also biotic factors such as food resources, competition with other species, predators, and disease.
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