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: Question: Chris is studying Lake Michigan. He takes soil samples from the Lake in two places. The first sample he takes from right near the shore. The second sample is taken from the middle of the lake. The _____ sample will have greater dissolved nutrients in it.
Answer: first

Answer: Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.

Question: Question: While in the lab, Sharon and Joe were testing alkenes; Sharon's alkenes were much larger than Joe's. The melting point of Sharon's alkenes will be _____ than Joe's.
Answer: lower

Answer: Larger alkenes have lower boiling and melting points.

Question: Question: Jeff heated the pot of boiling water. What happens to the dissolved oxygen contained within the water?
Answer: it decreases

Answer:
Warm water cant hold as much dissolved oxygen as cool water, so an increase in the temperature of water decreases the amount of oxygen it contains.