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 is creating a reaction using solid reactants and she decreases the surface area of those reactants, what happens to the reaction rate? 
 Answer: decreases

Answer: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.


Question: Question: Jean noticed that during the winter months, that the earth was farther from the Sun, so she knew that there would be heat that was 
 Answer: less

Answer: The stratosphere gets most of its heat from the Sun. Therefore, its warmer closer to the Sun.


Question: Question: If Mona is standing in the sun and it begins to get dimmer, what happens to the amount of energy the photons are emitting? 
 Answer: decreases

Answer:
In electromagnetic waves with higher frequencies, photons have more energy.