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: James left a pot of water out in the sun. As the water started to heat up, what would happen to the rate of evaporation? 
 Answer: increase

A: In transipration, at warmer temperatures water molecules move faster, and the rate of evaporation from stomata is therefore much faster.
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Q: Question: Ian's town had fewer deaths this year since the food supply changed, which means that this year the food amounts were 
 Answer: increased

A: More recently, the death rate has fallen because of the availability of more food and medical advances.
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Q: Question: As two asteroids drift closer together, does the gravitational force they exert on each other 
 Answer: increase

A:
Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity between them.
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