You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

Rachel preferred to purchase carnations instead of roses to decorate her house because the _ have more thorns and she has young kids.
roses

The monkey liked digging and preferred a stick over the scoop as the _ was clumsily handled.
scoop

The man liked to cook food in the microwave over the oven because the _ is faster.

microwave