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.

Example Input: Question: If Mona increases the temperature of her stove while cooking a roast, what happens to the amount of energy being used?
Answer: increases
Example Output: The temperature of matter increases with the added energy.

Example Input: Question: John was playing with alkanes in his lab. If he decreased the amount of carbon atoms in an alkane, what would happen to the boiling point of that alkane?
Answer: decrease?
Example Output: Alkanes with more carbon atoms have higher boiling and melting points, so some of them are solids at room temperature.

Example Input: Question: When two pieces of metal are rubbing together and sandpaper is added between them the friction
Answer: increases
Example Output:
To reduce friction, oil is added to the engine.