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: Dane is checking the pH of his project and sees that it is quite high, which means that the acid in his project is 
 Answer: lower
Lower pH numbers are more acidic and higher numbers are less acidic (also called more alkaline).

Question: A cold object indicates its particles are going 
 Answer: slow
When particles move more slowly, temperature is lower and an object feels cooler.

Question: Ian is trying to melt rocks, nothing that the water around the rocks is quite low. Since there is not a lot of water around the rocks, the melting point of the rock will be 
 Answer: increased

As the amount of water increases, the melting point of rock decreases.