You are given a short paragraph, a question and two choices to answer from. Choose the correct answer based on the paragraph and write the answer(not the key).

Paragraph: The water table is higher when there is a lot of rain and lower when the weather is dry.
 Question: If Jim measures the water table of his local region before it rains and compares it to a measurement taken after it rains, it will be higher 
 Choices: A)before it rains 
B)after it rains
after it rains

Paragraph: Natural selection is the process by which living things with beneficial traits produce more offspring, so their traits become more common over time.
 Question: Milo breeds cats for a living. If he wants his cats to share a specific trait, what should he do to the amount of offspring each cat produces? 
 Choices: A)decrease 
B)increase
increase

Paragraph: To reduce friction, oil is added to the engine.
 Question: When two pieces of metal are rubbing together and sandpaper is added between them the friction 
 Choices: A)decreases 
B)increases

increases