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: Dell added lots of silica to her magma project. The magma will be _____ in color.
Answer: lighter
Magmas that produce lighter colored minerals are higher in silica.

Question: If Mona is playing with a rubber band and she decides to stretch it out very far, what happens to the elastic potential energy of the rubber band?
Answer: increases
The farther the object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.

Question: Marco needs to dig a well in his backyard, but the water table is very low. The energy that it will take to dig a shallow well is
Answer: small
As the water is pumped out, the water table slowly falls, requiring wells to be dug deeper, which takes more money and energy.