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1. What country consumes the most energy in the world?

2. What country produces the most energy in the world?

3. What is the leading source of energy in the United States?

4. Which of the following sources of energy is NOT renewable?

5. How much of the world's water is available for human use?

6. About how long does it take a Styrofoam cup to decompose?

7. According to the Sierra Club, what is the most polluted city in the world?

8. What is the most common type of debris that litters our oceans?

9. Three Mile Island was the site of what disaster?

10. What is the most common type of trash thrown away by Americans?

1. What country consumes the most energy in the world?
The United States

2. What country produces the most energy in the world?
The United States

3. What is the leading source of energy in the United States?
Oil

4. Which of the following sources of energy is NOT renewable?
Petroleum

5. How much of the world's water is available for human use?
Less than 1%

6. About how long does it take a Styrofoam cup to decompose?
400 years

7. According to the Sierra Club, what is the most polluted city in the world?
Linfen, China

8. What is the most common type of debris that litters our oceans?
Cigarettes

9. Three Mile Island was the site of what disaster?
The worst accident in U.S. nuclear-reactor history.

10. What is the most common type of trash thrown away by Americans?
Paper products and cardboard

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