Environmental Science (ENVS 101) Systems, Cycles, and Sustainability Exam Review
University of Colorado Boulder
Environmental Science (ENVS 101) | Exam Review

Overview
A review packet covering ecosystems, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, pollution, and sustainability tradeoffs.

Key topics
•ecosystem structure
•carbon and nitrogen cycles
•resource use
•policy and sustainability

Suggested study tasks
•trace one human impact through a system
•compare renewable and nonrenewable tradeoffs
•explain one feedback loop

Common pitfalls
•treating environmental issues as isolated topics
•forgetting scale and time horizon