In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.

[EX Q]: Question: 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
Answer: dry
[EX A]: With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.

[EX Q]: Question: Ian's town had fewer deaths this year since the food supply changed, which means that this year the food amounts were
Answer: increased
[EX A]: More recently, the death rate has fallen because of the availability of more food and medical advances.

[EX Q]: Question: Reed saw a cell through a microscope. He sees a cell has more visible mitochondria than the rest. This cell likely is _____ active compared to the others.
Answer: more
[EX A]:
Cells that are very active would typically have more mitochondria than cells that are less active.