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.
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Question: 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

Answer: As decibel levels get higher, sound waves have greater intensity and sounds are louder.


Question: Question: A population of squirrels in a local forest had less food available to them this spring than they did last spring. During which spring will more squirrels leave the area to live somewhere else? 
 Answer: this spring

Answer: Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.


Question: Question: If Jim's blood contains less water, the darkness of his blood will be 
 Answer: increased

Answer:
If the kidneys remove less water from the blood, the blood will look darker, because there is less water in it.