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: Eric hears a sound from far away. If this is the first sound he heard, this sound is likely 
 Answer: strong

A: The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.
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Q: Question: If the Nile's flooding was prevented from covering the Egyptian bottomlands, it might ultimately result in _____ crops. 
 Answer: less

A: As more water covered the land, sand and silt were washed in and covered the dead vegetation, enabling more and more plants to grow.
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Q: Question: John stretches a rubber band, making it larger and larger. The more he stretches the rubber band will it have _____ elastic potential energy? 
 Answer: more

A:
The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.
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