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.

[EX Q]: Question: Katie is looking at solid reactants, and is wondering how they will react. The reaction rate is increased in surface areas which are 
 Answer: larger
[EX A]: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.

[EX Q]: Question: As the pressure in the atmosphere rises, the air temperature gets 
 Answer: cooler or
[EX A]: Increasing air temperature decreases atmospheric pressure.

[EX Q]: Question: Polly was removing resistors from a circuit. Decreasing the resistance in this series circuit will cause the total current to 
 Answer: decrease
[EX A]:
If we increase the resistance in a series circuit, by adding more resistors, then the total current decreases.