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.

Example Input: Question: Terry replaces cut down trees in the forest. The air is now _____ dry. 
 Answer: less
Example Output: With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.

Example Input: Question: Dan is looking at shells that will be bad candidates for fossilization. He chooses the shells that are 
 Answer: softer
Example Output: Hard shells fossilize more readily than soft bodied organisms, as they are better at resisting decay, take significantly longer to break down, and have a greater chance of surviving burial under layers of sediment.

Example Input: Question: Ian has a model of early Earth in the oven. He decreases the convection of the oven, making the plate tectonics 
 Answer: slower
Example Output:
Convection on early Earth was faster and so plate tectonics was faster.