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: Less oxygen absorption means _____ oxygen in the blood. 
 Answer: less

A: Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen available for diffusion at the lungs, so less oxygen gets absorbed and blood is oxygenated to a lesser degree.
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Q: Question: If Milo is holding two objects close together and he decides to move them closer together, what happens to the gravitational force between the objects? 
 Answer: increases

A: The gravitational force between two objects decreases as the objects move further apart.
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Q: Question: Kate is going to diffuse a liquid and a gas. The gas is diffused first, because the particles with it are 
 Answer: further apart

A:
This is also called diffusion, and the process is much faster in gases than in liquids, because the particles in gases are further apart.
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