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: John was combining chemicals in his lab one day. If he were to increase the temperature in his lab, what would happen to the rate of chemical reactions in his experiments?
Answer: increase
Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.

Question: If you defocus the sun's rays with a lens they are
Answer: weaker
The more focused the Suns rays are, the more energy an area receives and the warmer it is.

Question: Eric hit a ball as hard as he could. The next time, he hits it way less hard. The ball accelerates _____ the second time.
Answer: less
The harder the batter hits the ball, the greater will be its acceleration.