Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: Jefferson built a faulty farm machine that decreased food production. This likely will cause the population's lifespan to increase or decrease? Paragraph : New farm machines were invented. They increased the amount of food that could be produced. With more food, people were healthier and could live longer.
decrease

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Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. 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 smaller or larger? Paragraph : Less photosynthesis means that plants and phytoplankton produce less food.
(Answer)
smaller

Ques: Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: If Mona is excavating an archeological site and she discovers some fossils near the surface then compares them to fossils she found deeper down, which fossils will be older near the surface or deeper down? Paragraph : Lower rock layers were laid down earlier, so they are assumed to contain older fossils.
Ans: deeper down

(Q).
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: If Milo wants to encourage larger pieces of sediment to drop on his lawn, what should he do to the slope of his lawn increase it or decrease it? Paragraph : Smaller sediments are dropped as the slope becomes less steep.
(A).
increase it

Ques:Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: For dating the age of a fossil, and compared to the isotope Carbon 14 with its 5730 year half-life, would Francium with a 22 minute half-life be a less useful isotope? or more useful isotope? Paragraph : Because these isotopes decay more slowly, they can be used to date much older specimens.

Ans:less useful isotope?

Question: Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: Do electric cars pollute more or less than gas cars more or less? Paragraph : Plug-in hybrids run for a longer time on electricity and so are less polluting than regular hybrids.
Answer:
less