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: If Milo is measuring isotopes and he notices that they seem to decay slower then average, what does that mean about the age of the specimen he is examining? 
 Answer: older
[A]: Because these isotopes decay more slowly, they can be used to date much older specimens.


[Q]: Question: When a rubber band is relaxed, its elastic force 
 Answer: decreases
[A]: The elastic force increases the more the material is stretched or compressed.


[Q]: Question: Johnny was was playing with chalk outside. His mom called him in for lunch, while he was inside his red chalk sat in the shade, and his blue chalk was in the sun. When Johnny returned outside and picked up the red and blue which had a higher temperature? 
 Answer: the blue chalk
[A]:
If two objects have the same mass, the object with the higher temperature has greater thermal energy.