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: Scientists discovered a region where there was a much smaller amount of greenhouse gases getting caught in the atmosphere. Compared to other regions, this region's atmosphere will have a 
 Answer: lower temperature
More greenhouse gases trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.

Question: Ian's town had fewer deaths this year since the food supply changed, which means that this year the food amounts were 
 Answer: increased
More recently, the death rate has fallen because of the availability of more food and medical advances.

Question: Joe noticed that the humidity inside the greenhouse was getting very high, so he opened the roof to let cooler air inside. Thus, when the water potential gradient across the inside and outside of the leaf becomes equal, the rate of transpiration will 
 Answer: decrease.

As humidity increases, the water potential gradient across the inside and outside the leaf become more equal, and so the rate of transpiration decreases.