You are given a question or fill-in-the-blank question, two answer options (Option1 and Option2) and an Explanation. Your task is to find the correct answer (return the string of the correct option, not option1/2) for the given question from the given options and using explanation.

Question: Mary loves to observe the Sun. If she's looking at the Sun one day and notices more sunspots then she usually sees, what is happening to the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth? 
 Option1: increasing 
 Option2: decreasing 
 Explanation: When there are more sunspots the Sun is more active and there are more solar storms and more of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth.
increasing

Question: If Jim moves his telescope from a mountaintop to Death Valley, a location with much air above it, what will happen to the amount of interference from the atmosphere? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Many observatories are built on high mountains. There is less air above the telescope, so there is less interference from the atmosphere.
increase

Question: Will one large piece have more or less surface area than smaller pieces? 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: It would be hard to get a big chunk of chocolate to dissolve in your milk or hot water. Maybe you could make hot chocolate from some smaller pieces like chocolate chips, but it is much easier to add a powder to your milk. This is because the smaller the pieces are, the more surface area they have.

less