TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Question: Paul started at the base of a mountain and climbed to its peak. The sky was clear and the sun was beating down on him all day. However, he noticed there was a clear temperature difference between the surface's temperature and the temperature at the top of the mountain peak. Where would he feel more heat? 
 Answer: Surface

SOLUTION: The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes.

PROBLEM: Question: John was combining chemicals in his lab one day. If he were to increase the temperature in his lab, what would happen to the rate of chemical reactions in his experiments? 
 Answer: increase

SOLUTION: Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.

PROBLEM: Question: David spent a lot of money to buy tons of things for his house, but he ended up with a lot of things that were 
 Answer: wasted

SOLUTION:
Increased resource use generally means more waste; electronic waste from developed nations is a growing problem in the developing world.