instruction:
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:
Question: A place with a _____ water table means wells can be dug at deeper depths. 
 Answer: low
answer:
As the water is pumped out, the water table slowly falls, requiring wells to be dug deeper, which takes more money and energy.


question:
Question: John went to the doctor one day and was told they caught his cancer really late. What does this mean about the ease with which the cancer is treated? 
 Answer: harder to treat
answer:
The sooner cancer is detected the easier it is to treat.


question:
Question: Sandra sees a huge glacier, and notes that it has smaller tributary glaciers flowing into it, in valleys that are 
 Answer: shallow
answer:

Smaller tributary glaciers, like tributary streams, flow into the main glacier in their own shallower U-shaped valleys.