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.

Input: Consider Input: Question: John was playing with alkanes in his lab. If he decreased the amount of carbon atoms in an alkane, what would happen to the boiling point of that alkane? 
 Answer: decrease?

Output: Alkanes with more carbon atoms have higher boiling and melting points, so some of them are solids at room temperature.


Input: Consider Input: Question: The ball began to raise slowly above the table. The higher it rises above the table, the potential energy will 
 Answer: increase.

Output: So the higher an object is above a surface, the more potential energy it has.


Input: Consider Input: Question: Milo is flying a rocket in the mesosphere. If he increases his altitude, what happens to the temperature? 
 Answer: decreases


Output: In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.