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.

Q: Question: If Mona is currently 35 years old and she lives her life until the age of 85, what happens to her chance of contracting a disease as she grows older? 
 Answer: increase

A: Many diseases become more common as people grow older.
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Q: Question: John was working on a chemistry project. He found that the closer to ph 14 the substance was, the substance's basicness became 
 Answer: Greater

A: The closer to pH 14, the more strongly basic the solution.
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Q: Question: The lighter someone's skin is the _____ melanin they have. 
 Answer: less

A:
However, the melanocytes of people with darker skin produce more melanin.
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