Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): The folds present in the membrane increase the surface area allowing more ribosomes to be present on the ER, thereby allowing greater protein production. If Mona is creating a membrane to filter out some dirty water and she creates more folds in the membrane, what happens to the total surface area of that membrane increases or decreases?
increases

Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): Thicker resistors offer less resistance than thinner resistors. Mona is creating a circuit board in her lab for work. If she increases the thickness of the resistors on the board, what happens to the overall resistance of the circuit increases or decreases?
decreases

Q: Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more light will enter or less light will enter ): The pupil automatically gets bigger or smaller to let more or less light in as needed. If Jim's pupil gets bigger, what will happen to the amount of light that enters his eye more light will enter or less light will enter?
A: more light will enter

Question: Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ): The thinner the wire, the more resistance it offers. Barry is connecting new wires to his speakers. His new wires are thicker than the old ones, therefore, he should expect that the electrical current will display more or less resistance than his older, thinner ones?
Answer: less

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Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are decreases or increases ): 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. If Mona is in her greenhouse monitoring her plants and she decides to raise the temperature inside, what happens to the rate of cellular respiration her plants exhibit decreases or increases?
**Answer**
increases

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Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increasing or decreasing ): When there are more sunspots the Sun is more active and there are more solar storms and more of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth. Mary loves to observe the Sun. If she's looking at the Sun one day and notices less sunspots then she usually sees, what is happening to the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth increasing or decreasing?
**Answer**
decreasing