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: Allen is riding his bike on a path. The course ends up 1000 feet lower above sea level compared to the beginning. At which point is the air resistance lower? 
 Answer: at the beginning
[A]: At higher elevations, there is less air to press on a given area.


[Q]: Question: Decker pulls some taffy as far as he can. The elastic potential energy of the candy would 
 Answer: increase
[A]: The farther the object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.


[Q]: Question: If Ben wants to see a close star, he should use a telescope with a 
 Answer: smaller lens.
[A]:
The larger a telescope's mirror or lens, the better it is at seeing narrowly separated objects as individual objects and the sharper the images look.