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: Joe was experimenting with decibels. He tried listening to it at different levels and noticed that as the decibels decreased the sound waves were 
 Answer: less audible
[A]: As decibel levels get higher, sound waves have greater intensity and sounds are louder.


[Q]: Question: If Milo is holding two objects close together and he decides to move them closer together, what happens to the gravitational force between the objects? 
 Answer: increases
[A]: The gravitational force between two objects decreases as the objects move further apart.


[Q]: Question: If something has a small surface area and is being mixed with something else it will react 
 Answer: slower
[A]:
Surface Area of Reactants When a solid substance is involved in a chemical reaction, only the matter at the surface of the solid is exposed to other reactants. If a solid has more surface area, more of it is exposed and able to react.