CLAS 150C1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Dead Zone. Answer: a location within a body of water that does not
have enough dissolved oxygen to sustain life.
◉ Eutrophication. Answer: A process by which nutrients, particularly
phosphorus and nitrogen, become highly concentrated in a body of
water, leading to increased growth of organisms such as algae or
cyanobacteria.
◉ Common Property Resource/ global commons. Answer: resources
owned by community at large (parks) that tend to be overexploited
because individuals have little incentive to use them in a sustainable
fashion.
◉ Bycatch. Answer: unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the
nets while fishing for another species
◉ Overfishing. Answer: catching fish at a faster rate than they can
reproduce
◉ Marine Mammal Protection Act. Answer: 1972 - Federal law that
gives responsibility of protecting marine animals to the Department of
, Commerce and the Department of the Anterior; in 1994 you can't harrass
marine mammals; doesn't protect polar bear trophies import/export
◉ Dolphin safe labeling. Answer: are used to denote compliance with
various laws or policies designed to minimize dolphin fatalities during
fishing for tuna destined for canning. Some labels impose stricter
requirements than others.
◉ Green Consumption. Answer: Individuals choose to buy more goods
that are less environmentally impacting and probably cost them more
◉ Fordism. Answer: A system of assembly-line manufacturing and mass
production named after Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor
Company and developer of the Model T car. (783)
◉ Post-Fordism. Answer: the idea that modern industrial production has
moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by
Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on special flexible
manufacturing units
◉ Keystone species. Answer: A species that influences the survival of
many other species in an ecosystem
◉ Bioaccumulation. Answer: The accumulation of a substance, such as a
toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Dead Zone. Answer: a location within a body of water that does not
have enough dissolved oxygen to sustain life.
◉ Eutrophication. Answer: A process by which nutrients, particularly
phosphorus and nitrogen, become highly concentrated in a body of
water, leading to increased growth of organisms such as algae or
cyanobacteria.
◉ Common Property Resource/ global commons. Answer: resources
owned by community at large (parks) that tend to be overexploited
because individuals have little incentive to use them in a sustainable
fashion.
◉ Bycatch. Answer: unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the
nets while fishing for another species
◉ Overfishing. Answer: catching fish at a faster rate than they can
reproduce
◉ Marine Mammal Protection Act. Answer: 1972 - Federal law that
gives responsibility of protecting marine animals to the Department of
, Commerce and the Department of the Anterior; in 1994 you can't harrass
marine mammals; doesn't protect polar bear trophies import/export
◉ Dolphin safe labeling. Answer: are used to denote compliance with
various laws or policies designed to minimize dolphin fatalities during
fishing for tuna destined for canning. Some labels impose stricter
requirements than others.
◉ Green Consumption. Answer: Individuals choose to buy more goods
that are less environmentally impacting and probably cost them more
◉ Fordism. Answer: A system of assembly-line manufacturing and mass
production named after Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor
Company and developer of the Model T car. (783)
◉ Post-Fordism. Answer: the idea that modern industrial production has
moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by
Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on special flexible
manufacturing units
◉ Keystone species. Answer: A species that influences the survival of
many other species in an ecosystem
◉ Bioaccumulation. Answer: The accumulation of a substance, such as a
toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.
