| Chinese | English |
| 人为因素 | anthropogenic factor |
| 复合因素 | factor complex |
| 市场因素 | factor market Significant elements or reasons for an outcome in the buying, selling, and trading of particular goods or services (在购买、销售和特定货物或服务交易中的影响结果的重要因素。) |
| 排放因素 | emission factor |
| 环境因素 | site factors |
| 环境因素 | environmental factors |
| 环境地球化学因素 | geogenic factor Geogenic factors are those which originate in the soil, as opposed to those of anthropic origin (anthropogenic) (源于土壤，而非源于人(人为)的因素。) |
| 生境因素 | site factors |
| 生态因素 | ecological factors |
| 生态因素 | ecological factor An environmental factor that, under some definite conditions, can exert appreciable influence on organisms or their communities, causing the increase or decrease in the number of organisms and/or changes in the communities (在给定的条件下，对生物体或其群落施加的可观影响，引起生物体数量的增减或生物群落内部变化的环境因素。) |
| 生物因素 | biotic factor The influence upon the environment of organisms owing to the presence and activities of other organisms, as distinct from a physical, abiotic, environmental factor (由于存在和其他生物有机体的活动对生物环境的影响。不同于物理、非生物、环境因素。) |
| 社会经济因素 | socioeconomic factor An essential element in a society's make-up, organization or behavior that combines financial dimensions with inter-personal or inter-group dynamics (一个社会的组成，组织或行为的基本要素，它结合了人际或群体间的财务方面。) |
| 诱变剂，诱变因素 | mutagen An agent that raises the frequency of mutation above the spontaneous rate. An agent that causes changes to plants and animals, particularly to their genetic material and especially at the time of reproduction. Certain chemicals and forms of radiation are powerful mutagens that damage the DNA, or genetic material in the centre of every cell of a living organism (增加突变频率而高于自发节律的药剂。药剂导致植物和动物特别是其遗传物质的变化，尤其是在繁殖的期间。某些化学物质和辐射诱变形式对DNA或每个生物体细胞中心的遗传物质造成强力突变。) |
| 非生物因素 | abiotic factor Physical, chemical and other non-living environmental factors. They are essential for living plants and animals of an ecosystem, providing the essential elements and nutrients that are necessary for growth. The abiotic elements also include the climatic and pedologic components of the ecosystem (物理，化学和其他非生物环境因素。他们对于生态系统中的植物和动物至关重要，提供生长必须的基本要素和营养素。非生物因素还包括生态系统的气候和土壤的组成部分。) |
