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.
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Question: Question: If Mona is creating a reaction using solid reactants and she decreases the surface area of those reactants, what happens to the reaction rate? 
 Answer: decreases

Answer: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.


Question: Question: Shane spent his live in the country and had no respiratory conditions, then moved to the city and had several develop. Shane's conditions are likely due to being 
 Answer: close to a city

Answer: Certain respiratory conditions can be made worse in people who live closer to or in large cites.


Question: Question: Rocks that have no water in them have a 
 Answer: high melting point

Answer:
As the amount of water increases, the melting point of rock decreases.