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: When a rubber band is relaxed, its elastic force 
 Answer: decreases

Answer: The elastic force increases the more the material is stretched or compressed.


Question: Question: Curt wants to make a drink from chocolate chips and milk. To make the chips melt more slowly, Shane will use chips that are 
 Answer: bigger

Answer: It would be hard to get a big chunk of chocolate to dissolve in your milk or hot water. Maybe you could make hot chocolate from some smaller pieces like chocolate chips, but it is much easier to add a powder to your milk. This is because the smaller the pieces are, the more surface area they have.


Question: Question: When Sarah wants to lower the amount of electrons that are there, she will use energy at amounts that are 
 Answer: lesser

Answer:
Less energy is also needed to remove electrons from larger atoms in the same group of the periodic table.