Exercise 1.
Part 1) How does a class being conducted
online instead of on campus increase or decrease the classes’ contribution to
the carbon cycle during the term? Consider the differences between the two in
terms of methods of travel, and use of facilities, energy, and other resources.
Remember to focus on the impact to the carbon cycle.
Part 2) Complete the ecological footprint quiz
at the following link:httpss://myfootprint.org/en/visitor_information
and report your results. What did you learn about you and your family’s impact
on the environment?
Exercise
2.
Using
ONE ecosystem from the list below, explain the role of the carbon, hydrologic,
phosphorus, and nitrogen cycles in this ecosystem.
Choose
from a “normal”: tropical rain forest, tundra, river delta, or
savannah.
Exercise
3. Make a table containing three industrial and one of your activities that
impact the nitrogen cycle. List whether each activity results in an increase or
a decrease in atmospheric nitrogen. List your references!
