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: Rich applies a solution to the dish that increases the turgor pressure of the guard cells he is studying. The stomata 
 Answer: open
[EX A]: The increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells results in the opening up of the stomata which results in increased transpiration.

[EX Q]: Question: Theresa increased the amount of water in her pool. Rock would likely melt 
 Answer: faster
[EX A]: As the amount of water increases, the melting point of rock decreases.

[EX Q]: Question: As Dean was surveying the town, he noted that the more kids that the neighbors had, the population of the town went 
 Answer: up
[EX A]:
With exponential growth, the population starts out growing slowly. As population size increases, the growth rate also increases.