Bigger stars produce more energy, so their surfaces are hotter. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increasing or decreasing ): Milo is trying to cool his room with a space heater. If he turns down the thermostat to a cooler setting, which is happening to the energy the heater is producing increasing or decreasing?
decreasing

The longer the exposure, the more light that the telescope can gather to make the image. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): If Mona is an astronomer and she is looking through a telescope, what happens to the amount of light gathered by the telescope if she increases the exposure increases or decreases?
increases

Q: A thinner wire is more difficult for electrons to move through than a thicker wire. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are easier or harder ): If Jim is transmitting electricity through a wire and he increases the size of that wire, the electrons move through it easier or harder?
A: easier

Question: The higher up a food chain that humans eat, the greater the levels of toxic metals they take in. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are less or more ): Mike is studying what humans eat. Bears are higher up the food chain than mosquitoes. Therefore, if humans were to eat mosquitoes, they would likely be taking in less or more levels of toxic metals?
Answer: less

*Question*
With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are moist or dry ): Dan notices that there were no new trees planted this year. Since there are so few trees in the area, Dan expects the air to be moist or dry?
**Answer**
dry

The more cylinders a car engine has, the more powerful its engine can be. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increased or decreased ): Mona is designing a car in a factory. If she decides to remove cylinders from the car's engine, what happens to the power that engine can output increased or decreased?
decreased