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.

[EX Q]: Question: Ian was applying cold to a reactant. The rate of the reaction that occurs will now be
Answer: slower
[EX A]: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

[EX Q]: Question: Lead has a _____ melting point than steel because it has more branching.
Answer: lower
[EX A]: The more branching there is in isomers, the lower the boiling and melting points are.

[EX Q]: Question: If Mona is manipulating carbon atoms in her science lab and she decreases the number of carbon atoms she has to work with, what happens to the number of possible arrangements the carbon atoms can take?
Answer: decrease
[EX A]:
A: The more carbon atoms there are, the greater the number of possible arrangements of carbon atoms.