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.

Question: Mike was wiring up a new circuit to test it out. He observed that the more resistors he added to the circuit. the overall resistance level
Answer: Increased
Increasing the number of resistors in a series circuit increases the overall resistance of the circuit.

Question: If there were less dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water, the ocean's rate of acidity would
Answer: decrease
With higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water, the water becomes more acidic.

Question: As more people are added to Earth, they will find _____ water scarcity.
Answer: increasing
Many of the worlds people live with water scarcity, and that percentage will increase as populations increase and climate changes.