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: Continents will have _____ sizes if Greenland is closer to the North Pole than further. 
 Answer: bigger
[A]: In a Mercator projection, because Greenland is closer to the pole, the continents shape and size are greatly increased.


[Q]: Question: Theresa increased the amount of water in her pool. Rock would likely melt 
 Answer: faster
[A]: As the amount of water increases, the melting point of rock decreases.


[Q]: Question: A small apple will have _____ thermal energy than a large apple. 
 Answer: less
[A]:
An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.