Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: Jim was at the baseball game with his friends. Almost immediately he observed that the harder the ball was hit, the effect on the acceleration was decreased or increased? Paragraph : The harder the batter hits the ball, the greater will be its acceleration.
increased

Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: Mary loves to observe the Sun. If she's looking at the Sun one day and notices more sunspots then she usually sees, what is happening to the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth increasing or decreasing? Paragraph : 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.
increasing

Use information from the paragraph to answer the question. Question: Rich lives in Chicago, Illinois while Rachel lives in Sydney, Australia. Who likely experiences more atmospheric pressure in December Rich or Rachel? Paragraph : Decreasing air temperature increases atmospheric pressure.
Rich