TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Question: The largest alkenes should have the _____ boiling and melting points.
Answer: lowest

SOLUTION: Larger alkenes have lower boiling and melting points, so they are liquids or waxy solids at room temperature.

PROBLEM: Question: Jeff heated the pot of boiling water. What happens to the dissolved oxygen contained within the water?
Answer: it decreases

SOLUTION: Warm water cant hold as much dissolved oxygen as cool water, so an increase in the temperature of water decreases the amount of oxygen it contains.

PROBLEM: Question: What will happen to the amount of elastic potential energy in Jim's rubber band if he expands it?
Answer: less potential energy

SOLUTION:
The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.