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 has two plants, one with leaves, and one that has had the leaves stripped from it. The plant stripped of its leaves will produce food in amounts that are 
 Answer: smaller

A: Less photosynthesis means that plants and phytoplankton produce less food.
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Q: Question: Would an astronaut floating five million miles away from the Earth experience 
 Answer: less gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth

A: As the distance between the objects increases, the force of gravitational attraction decreases.
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Q: Question: If Jim wants to lower the pH of his solution he should do what to the concentration of hydrogen ions inside of it? 
 Answer: increase

A:
With a higher the concentration of hydrogen ions, a solution is more acidic and has a lower pH.
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