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: If Mona is observing two objects and she realizes that one has a smaller mass then the other, what does that tell her about that object's thermal energy? 
 Answer: it's smaller

Answer: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.


Question: Question: An increase in birth rates indicates a/an _____ in the food supply. 
 Answer: increase

Answer: Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.


Question: Question: If plants are not able to photosynthesize then they have 
 Answer: less food

Answer:
Less photosynthesis means that plants and phytoplankton produce less food.