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 analyzes water while deep sea fishing and compares it to bottled water. The bottled has _____ nutrients than the deep sea water. 
 Answer: less

Answer: Therefore, water nearer shore usually contains more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.


Question: Question: In ancient times, there was worse medicine. This means there was a _____ death rate. 
 Answer: higher

Answer: More recently, the death rate has fallen because of the availability of more food and medical advances.


Question: Question: If Mona adds more carbon atoms to her alkane, what happens to the boiling point of that alkane? 
 Answer: increases

Answer:
Alkanes with more carbon atoms generally have higher boiling and melting points.