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.

Question: John was playing with alkanes in his lab. If he increased the amount of carbon atoms in an alkane, what would happen to the boiling point of that alkane? 
 Answer: increase
Alkanes with more carbon atoms have higher boiling and melting points, so some of them are solids at room temperature.

Question: If something has a small surface area and is being mixed with something else it will react 
 Answer: slower
Surface Area of Reactants When a solid substance is involved in a chemical reaction, only the matter at the surface of the solid is exposed to other reactants. If a solid has more surface area, more of it is exposed and able to react.

Question: A scientist, one mile away from shore, would expect to find _____ dissolved nutrients in the water than near the shore. 
 Answer: less

Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.