In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.

Question: If Jim samples water that is close to the shore and water that is far from the shore, which sample will contain less nutrients? 
 Answer: water far from shore
Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.

Question: If Mona is driving her car and she begins to slow acceleration, what happens to the car's kinetic energy? 
 Answer: decreases
Anything that is moving has kinetic energy, and the faster it is moving, the more kinetic energy it has.

Question: Suzie is studying different countries and the amount of energy sources they use. She finds that South Africa is poorer than the United States. Therefore, _____ uses less energy sources. 
 Answer: South Africa

Richer nations use far more energy resources, especially fossil fuels, than poorer nations do.