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: More oxygen absorption means _____ oxygen in the blood. 
 Answer: more

Answer: Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen available for diffusion at the lungs, so less oxygen gets absorbed and blood is oxygenated to a lesser degree.


Question: Question: Milo is making a map for school. If he places a country close to the North Pole, what will happen to the size and shape of that country on the map? 
 Answer: increase

Answer: In a Mercator projection, because Greenland is closer to the pole, the continents shape and size are greatly increased.


Question: Question: Milo breeds cats for a living. If he wants his cats to reduce a specific trait, what should he do to the amount of offspring each cat produces? 
 Answer: decrease

Answer:
Natural selection is the process by which living things with beneficial traits produce more offspring, so their traits become more common over time.