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 works in a defense lab and her company develops worse missiles, what happens to the advancement of rocket technologies? 
 Answer: decreases

Answer: The development of better missiles fostered better rocket technologies.


Question: Question: John was playing with alkanes in his lab. If he increased the amount of carbon atoms in an alkane, what would happen to the boiling point of that alkane? 
 Answer: increase

Answer: Alkanes with more carbon atoms have higher boiling and melting points, so some of them are solids at room temperature.


Question: Question: john was looking at the magma from the helicopter. He could see quite plainly that the lighter colored minerals had a silica content that was 
 Answer: Higher

Answer:
Magmas that produce lighter colored minerals are higher in silica.