Areas near the equator are warmer than areas near the poles because they receive more direct sunlight. A person moving north towards the North Pole will receive more or less direct sunlight?
less

At higher temperatures, particles of reactants have more energy, so they move faster. On a winter day, a person notes during a science project that the reactants have less energy, so they are now moving faster or slower?
slower

The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes. Would the sound from a loud speaker transmit more energy to the eardrum of a member of the audience if they were standing directly in front of the speaker or two miles away??
directly in front of the speaker