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.

[EX Q]: 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
[EX A]: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.

[EX Q]: 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
[EX A]: 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.

[EX Q]: Question: Eric is swimming near shore. Tina is 100 meters out in the water. The water near _____ has more nutrients. 
 Answer: Eric
[EX A]:
Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.