TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Question: A population of squirrels in a local forest had less food available to them this spring than they did last spring. During which spring will more squirrels leave the area to live somewhere else? 
 Answer: this spring

SOLUTION: Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.

PROBLEM: Question: The larger a resistor equals _____ resistance. 
 Answer: less

SOLUTION: Thicker resistors offer less resistance than thinner resistors.

PROBLEM: Question: A person with a high fever will have _____ of the blood vessels in the skin. 
 Answer: narrowing

SOLUTION:
When your brain senses that your body temperature is increasing, it sends messages to the blood vessels in the skin to increase in diameter.