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.

Q: Question: If Milo's country begins decreasing the size of its population, what happens to its growth rate? 
 Answer: it decreases

A: With exponential growth, the population starts out growing slowly. As population size increases, the growth rate also increases.
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Q: Question: Do gas engine cars pollute more or less than electric engine cars? 
 Answer: more

A: Plug-in hybrids run for a longer time on electricity and so are less polluting than regular hybrids.
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Q: Question: John was looking at the bases and noticed something. The higher the pH of the substance, the amount of basic it was 
 Answer: Increased

A:
For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.
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