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: Jean has two plants, one with leaves, and one that has had the leaves stripped from it. The plant stripped of its leaves will produce food in amounts that are 
 Answer: smaller
Less photosynthesis means that plants and phytoplankton produce less food.

Question: Wendy is 30 years old while Jefferson is 60 years old. Who is more susceptible to disease? 
 Answer: Jefferson
Many diseases become more common as people grow older.

Question: When we relax a rubber band it has 
 Answer: low potential energy

The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.