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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: Sinking lower in the mesosphere, we encounter _____ temperatures. 
 Answer: higher
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In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.


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Question: Rick is able to prove that in fifty years, the Earth's average temperature will be significantly lower. Based off of this information, he could also deduce then that the number of glacier's on earth in 50 years will be 
 Answer: higher
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The glaciers on Earth are getting smaller and smaller as Earths temperature rises.


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Question: When Dean went to the top of the mountain and reached the peak, he noticed that the top of the mountain, compared to the bottom, had snow in amounts that were 
 Answer: larger
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Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.