Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet
Explore how Earth's natural systems function and how human activity reshapes our world. From biodiversity to renewable energy, learn to analyze the complex interactions that sustain life.
Like Duolingo, but for Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A deep dive: 43 levels across 5 sections, about 86 minutes end to end, roughly 17 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Living World, Land and Water Use, Pollution and Waste, Energy and Climate, and Earth Systems and Cycles. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet
- Energy is lost as heat at every step and cannot be reused
- Matter like water and minerals stays in the system by changing form
- The sun is the only reason ecosystems don't run out of energy
- Distinguishing between the one-way path of energy and the circular path of matter
- Only about 10% of energy is passed to the next level up
- Most energy is used for the animal's own survival or lost as heat
- Higher levels require a massive base of food to survive
- Applying the 10% rule to explain why top predators are rare
- Producers convert sunlight into chemical energy
- One-way path of energy vs circular matter
- Producers as the entry point for all energy
- Decomposers break down organic waste
- The 10% rule and top predators
- Decomposers unlock nutrients
- Producers and Decomposers roles
- Food webs have multiple overlapping paths for energy
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What happens to the physical matter, such as carbon and nitrogen, in an ecosystem?
Get it right to open this lesson and 42 more in the app.
How to learn Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet, step by step
Go in order. 43 short levels across 5 sections, about 1 hour 26 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
The Living World
- Ecosystems and Energy Flow
- Biodiversity and Resilience
- Population Dynamics
- 2
Land and Water Use
- Feeding the World
- Mining and Urbanization
- 3
Pollution and Waste
- Atmospheric Pollution
- Aquatic and Solid Waste
- Human Health and Toxicology
- 4
Energy and Climate
- Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power
- Renewable Energy Solutions
- Global Climate Change
- 5
Earth Systems and Cycles
- The Moving Earth and Soil
- Global Nutrient Cycles
- Atmosphere and Oceans
5 sections · 14 units · 43 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet
How do I learn Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet?
Go in order: start with The Living World, then Land and Water Use, then Pollution and Waste, then Energy and Climate, and 1 more section after that. On Tomo that's 43 short levels, about 1 hour 26 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet course free?
Yes. Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet?
43 levels across 5 sections, about 1 hour 26 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet?
No. It's pitched at a beginner level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
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- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Environmental Science: Our Changing Planet is taught in the Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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