TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Question: Decreasing the mass of an object causes its inertia to 
 Answer: decrease

SOLUTION: The full box is harder to move because it has greater mass and therefore greater inertia.

PROBLEM: Question: If Mary increases the resistance of her electrical circuit, what will happen to the current in that circuit? 
 Answer: decrease

SOLUTION: We can say that resistance and current in an electric circuit areinversely proportional, because as the one increases, the other decreases, and vice versa.

PROBLEM: Question: An alkane with few carbon atoms should have a _____ boiling point. 
 Answer: low

SOLUTION:
Alkanes with more carbon atoms generally have higher boiling and melting points.