You are given a question or fill-in-the-blank question, two answer options (Option1 and Option2) and an Explanation. Your task is to find the correct answer (return the string of the correct option, not option1/2) for the given question from the given options and using explanation.

Q: Question: If Mona is heating up popcorn in the microwave and the popcorn begins to move slower, what happens to the temperature of the kernels? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: When particles move more slowly, temperature is lower and an object feels cooler.

A: decrease
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Q: Question: Going higher in the mesosphere, we encounter _____ temperatures. 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.

A: lower
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Q: Question: Johnny was was playing with chalk outside. His mom called him in for lunch, while he was inside his red chalk sat in the sun, and his blue chalk was in the shade. When Johnny returned outside and picked up the red and blue which had a higher temperature? 
 Option1: the red chalk 
 Option2: the blue chalk 
 Explanation: If two objects have the same mass, the object with the higher temperature has greater thermal energy.

A:
the red chalk
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