The Carter Administration Created the Superfund Project Which Provided EPA

question 9

Multiple Choice

The Carter administration created the Superfund project which provided EPA with the authority and funds to:

• A)Create federal policy on pollution
• B)Deal with emergencies and with abandoned toxic-waste sites
• C)Only move waste from toxic-waste site to another
• D)Ensure that EPA could not be abolished by Congress

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Definitions:

Kinetic Energy

The energy that an object possesses due to its motion, which is dependent on the mass of the object and the square of its velocity.

Heat Energy

Energy that results from the random movement of atoms, ions, or molecules; the greater the amount of heat energy in an object, the higher the object’s temperature.

Reversible Reactions

Chemical reactions that can proceed in both the forward and backward directions under certain conditions, achieving a state of equilibrium.

Exchange Reaction

A chemical reaction where parts of two reacting molecules are interchanged to produce new products.