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: Eric hears a sound from far away. If this is the first sound he heard, this sound is likely 
 Answer: strong

Answer: The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.


Question: Question: If an animal is able to eat food easier is it more or less likely to reproduce? 
 Answer: more

Answer: Natural selection is the process by which living things with beneficial traits produce more offspring, so their traits become more common over time.


Question: Question: As less time passes since a species diverged, there will be _____ differences in their DNA. 
 Answer: less

Answer:
The longer the amount of time since species diverged, the more differences there will be in their DNA or proteins.