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: John was watching the particle accelerator and notating the reactions of the atoms. He observed that an object with less mass has a thermal energy that is 
 Answer: Less
Therefore, an object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass, even if their individual atoms are moving at the same speed.

Question: If Jim samples water that is close to the shore and water that is far from the shore, which sample will contain less nutrients? 
 Answer: water far from shore
Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.

Question: If Jim turns the thermostat down in his room while listening to music, what will happen to the speed of the sound waves in the room? 
 Answer: they will slow down

For a given medium, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.