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.

Question: Mona is building a circuit. If she subtracts resistors in parallel what happens to the total resistance of the circuit? 
 Answer: increase
When we add resistors in parallel to each other the total resistance decreases and the current increases.

Question: When people move to an area what happens to the land? 
 Answer: cleared
More people also means more clearing of land for agriculture and development.

Question: When Dan went to the beach, he found rocks that had not been eroded. Some rocks were quite weathered though, so those must have a resistance that is 
 Answer: lower

Different types of rocks weather at different rates. More resistant types of rocks will remain longer.