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: Will small pieces have more or less surface area than one large piece? 
 Answer: more
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: Derek is diving into the ocean. The pressure at the surface will be light, and the pressure the deeper he goes will be 
 Answer: stronger
Pressure: Pressure increases with depth, but increased pressure raises the melting temperature, so melting of rock is less likely to occur at higher pressures.

Question: If Jim decreases the number of segments on a rope he is using as a pully, the amount of force that he needs to apply when lifting something with the rope 
 Answer: increases

The more rope segments on a pully that are helping to do the lifting work, the less force that is needed for the job.