*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): Machines make work easier by increasing the amount of force that is applied, increasing the distance over which the force is applied, or changing the direction in which the force is applied. If Mona is building a machine to help her vacuum her floor and she decreases the amount of force the engine inside the vacuum, what happens to the vacuum ability to make work easier increases or decreases?
**Answer**
decreases

*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are Strong or Weak ): As the distance between the objects increases the magnetic force of attraction decreases. When you hold two magnets far away what is the force between them Strong or Weak?
**Answer**
Weak

*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are higher or lower ): The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, the temperatures increase as altitude increases. As you travel through the ozone layer the temperatures become higher or lower?
**Answer**
higher

*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ): Breast cancer is rare in teens but becomes more common as females get older. If Betty was younger her chances of contracting breast cancer would increase or decrease?
**Answer**
decrease