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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: When Dean went to the top of the mountain and reached the peak, he noticed that the bottom of the mountain, compared to the top, had snow in amounts that were
Answer: smaller
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Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

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Question: John went to the doctor one day and was told they caught his cancer really late. What does this mean about the ease with which the cancer is treated?
Answer: harder to treat
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The sooner cancer is detected the easier it is to treat.

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Question: Two planets are drawn to each other in space, however they begin to drift closer over time. As the years press on, the planets will have a gravitation attraction between them that is
Answer: greater
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As the distance between the objects increases, the force of gravitational attraction decreases.