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.

Input: Consider Input: Question: John was looking at the bases and noticed something. The lower the pH of the substance, the amount of basic it was
Answer: Decreased

Output: For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.

Input: Consider Input: Question: Dan is looking at shells that will be bad candidates for fossilization. He chooses the shells that are
Answer: softer

Output: Hard shells fossilize more readily than soft bodied organisms, as they are better at resisting decay, take significantly longer to break down, and have a greater chance of surviving burial under layers of sediment.

Input: Consider Input: Question: If you break up something before putting it into water it will dissolve
Answer: faster
Output: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.