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.

Question: Dean found a leaf with a sheen and a leaf that did not have one. Which leaf is less reflective? 
 Answer: the leaf with no sheen
Increases the sheen on leaves to make them more reflective.

Question: Katie is looking at particles of reactants, and is noting that they currently are moving very slowly, and that they seem to have a little energy. These particles are likely at a temperature that is 
 Answer: lower
At higher temperatures, particles of reactants have more energy, so they move faster. They are more likely to bump into one another and to collide with greater force.

Question: John was working on a chemistry project. He found that the closer to ph 14 the substance was, the substance's basicness became 
 Answer: Greater

The closer to pH 14, the more strongly basic the solution.