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.
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Question: Question: As Peter's dog got smaller, the dog's bones became
Answer: smaller

Answer: As animals grow their bones get longer and bigger, they grow more hair, and are able to take care of themselves by getting food, shelter, and water.

Question: Question: Sinking lower in the mesosphere, we encounter _____ temperatures.
Answer: higher

Answer: In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.

Question: Question: An asteroid hurtled toward the planet Mars. The gravitational pull between the asteroid and Mars will be stronger
Answer: when the asteroid gets closer.

Answer:
Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity.