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.

Q: Question: Eric is swimming near shore. Tina is 100 meters out in the water. The water near _____ has fewer nutrients.
Answer: Tina

A: Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
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Q: Question: When the ocean has waves far apart they have
Answer: less energy

A: Waves with shorter wavelengths have more energy.
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Q: Question: Chris is studying two countries. He finds that China has half as many factories putting out fossil fuels into the air than the United States. Based on this information, the factories in _____ are causing more air pollution.
Answer: United States

A:
Because richer nations use more fossil fuels, they also cause more air pollution and global warming than poorer nations do.
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