Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

1) A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one liter of
water by one degree Celsius.
2) The average person in the United States generates about 10 pounds of trash per day.
3) The United States produces more than twice as much output per million BTUs of energy
consumed than it did in 1950.
4) Increases in U.S. living standards have matched increases in per capita energy use.


1) F
2) F
3) T
4) F

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