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.

[Q]: Question: If Milo is measuring the seafloor and he notices the level of spreading has decreased, what will happen to the sea level?
Answer: it will fall
[A]: Sea level rises if an increase in seafloor spreading rate buoys up the ocean crust, causing the ocean basin to become smaller.

[Q]: Question: Carter puts two rocks outside; one is a soft pebble, the other is a solid stone. A year later, he checks on the rocks. The solid stone is still there because it has a resistance that is
Answer: greater
[A]: Different types of rocks weather at different rates. More resistant types of rocks will remain longer.

[Q]: Question: A dolphin is swimming through waves in the ocean. The dolphin jumps out of the water then falls back in, creating a wave through the dolphin's disturbing the water. Nearby, turtle flaps it's fin and makes another wave. The waves the dolphin made will have an amplitude that is
Answer: lesser
[A]:
A wave caused by a disturbance with more energy has greater amplitude.