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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.
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Question: John was working on a chemistry project. He found that the closer to ph 14 the substance was, the substance's basicness became
Answer: Greater
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The closer to pH 14, the more strongly basic the solution.

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Question: As Peter's dog got smaller, the dog's bones became
Answer: smaller
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As animals grow their bones get longer and bigger, they grow more hair, and are able to take care of themselves by getting food, shelter, and water.

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Question: If Mona is a smoker, but decides to stop smoking, what happens to the difficulty her lungs experience in removing chemicals from the air?
Answer: decrease
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When a person smokes there are chemicals released by the tobacco that enter the lungs. Because the lungs have to work harder to remove the chemicals, the body has to work harder to get the air needed to survive.