Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are the people in the United States or the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo? ): Richer nations use far more energy resources, especially fossil fuels, than poorer nations do. Between the United States, the richest nation in the world, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the poorest nation in the world, which uses less gasoline per capita, the people in the United States or the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo??
the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are slower or faster ): The higher the temperature, the more energy the particles have and the faster they will move and diffuse. Tina goes to the cold baths. Her temperature decreases, so the particles in her body will move slower or faster?
slower

Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ): The farther the object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is. Decker pulls some taffy as far as he can then lets it contract. The elastic potential energy of the candy would increase or decrease?
decrease

Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are decreased or increased ): The more basic a solution is, the closer its pH value will be to 14. If Jim increases how basic his solution is, it means the solution proximity to pH 14 is decreased or increased?
increased