*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are decreases or increases ): The more charged the objects are, the stronger the electrostatic force between them. Megan had two charged metal balls that she was analyzing. If she increases the charge of the balls, the electrostatic force between them decreases or increases?
**Answer**
increases

*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are less gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth or more gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth ): As the distance between the objects increases, the force of gravitational attraction decreases. Would an astronaut floating five million miles away from the Earth experience less gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth or more gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth?
**Answer**
less gravitational attraction to the Earth than an astronaut on the surface of the Earth

*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are easier or harder ): The closer to the surface an aquifer is, the easier it is to get the water. An aquifer near the surface will provide easier or harder access to its water than one further down?
**Answer**
easier

*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are rose or dropped ): As the water is pumped out, the water table slowly falls, requiring wells to be dug deeper, which takes more money and energy. Dilbert had a well that he used since he was a child that filled up. This likely occurred because the water table rose or dropped?
**Answer**
rose