The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, the temperatures increase as altitude increases. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): Tina flew lower and lower into the stratosphere. The temperature of her ship increases or decreases?
decreases

The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are drops or rises ): Jeff goes to Death Valley and launches his personal spacecraft into orbit. As he rises in altitude, the temperature he feels drops or rises?
drops

Q: The more acidic a solution is, the closer its pH value will be to 0 Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are basic or acidic ): When a pH number is very high we say the item is: basic or acidic?
A: basic

Question: The full box is harder to move because it has greater mass and therefore greater inertia. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases it or decreases it ): If Jimbo is creating a ball from clay and he adds more clay to the ball, what does he do to the ball's inertia increases it or decreases it?
Answer: increases it

*Question*
The more basic a solution is, the closer its pH value will be to 14. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are acidic or basic ): Ian decreases the pH of his water. Its pH value becomes more acidic or basic?
**Answer**
acidic

(Question)
Temperature affects the rate at which photosynthesis, cellular respiration and decomposition take place. The rate of reaction increases with increasing temperature and decreases at lower temperatures. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): If the temperature in the environment decreases, what will happen to the rate of cellular respiration increases or decreases?
(Answer)
decreases