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: Phil surfed huge 15 foot waves on the beach. _____ wind speeds likely contributed to such large waves 
 Answer: high

A: The size of an ocean wave depends on how fast, over how great a distance, and how long the wind blows. The greater each of these factors is, the bigger a wave will be.
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Q: Question: Peter removed salt to his juice one morning. The mixture became _____ dense. 
 Answer: less

A: If salt is added to a volume of water, there are more molecules in the same volume, so the water is denser.
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Q: Question: If Jim samples water that is close to the shore and water that is far from the shore, which sample will contain less nutrients? 
 Answer: water far from shore

A:
Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
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