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: Jean is looking at a rock face that shows the layers of the Earth. Jean notes that the rocks towards the top of the exposed cliff have an age that is 
 Answer: lesser

A: Older layers are deeper in the Earth, younger layers are closer to the surface.
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Q: Question: Rocks that are buried very shallow are _____ than rocks on the surface. 
 Answer: newer

A: The main law is the law of superposition. This law states that deeper rock layers are older than layers closer to the surface.
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Q: Question: If Mona is creating a membrane to filter out some dirty water and she creates more folds in the membrane, what happens to the total surface area of that membrane? 
 Answer: increases

A:
The folds present in the membrane increase the surface area allowing more ribosomes to be present on the ER, thereby allowing greater protein production.
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