Congress Established a Trust Fund for the EPA to Use

question 3

Multiple Choice

Congress established a trust fund for the EPA to use in Superfund cleanup.This trust fund was initially financed by a tax on what?

• A)The general public through federal income taxes
• B)Waste management and landfill operators
• C)The construction industry
• D)The oil and chemical industries

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that encode the instructions for building and maintaining an organism.

Heredity

The transmission of physical or mental characteristics from one generation to the next through genetics.

Behavior Genetics

The study of how genetic and environmental factors influence individual differences in behavior.

Epigenetic Molecules

Chemical compounds that can modify the activity of genes without altering the DNA sequence, playing a critical role in gene expression and regulation.