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: Would an astronaut floating five million miles away from the Earth experience 
 Answer: less gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth
[A]: As the distance between the objects increases, the force of gravitational attraction decreases.


[Q]: Question: If Mona is creating a reaction using solid reactants and she decreases the surface area of those reactants, what happens to the reaction rate? 
 Answer: decreases
[A]: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.


[Q]: Question: Mona is creating a circuit board in her lab for work. If she increases the thickness of the resistors on the board, what happens to the overall resistance of the circuit? 
 Answer: decreases
[A]:
Thicker resistors offer less resistance than thinner resistors.