The more branching there is in isomers, the lower the boiling and melting points are. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are decrease them or increase them ): If Jim is trying to lower the melting point of an isomer, what should he do to the number of branching points of the isomer decrease them or increase them?
increase them

In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ): If a person went higher into the mesosphere, would the temperature increase or decrease?
decrease

Q: People in the richer nations of the world use far more energy, especially energy from fossil fuels, than people in the poorer nations do. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are greater or lesser ): Jan lives in a great country and she is rich. Compared to another person in a richer country, Jan will use an amount of energy that is greater or lesser?
A: lesser

Question: Compared with a less powerful device, a more powerful device can either do more work in the same time or do the same work in less time. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are decrease or increase ): If Mona downgrades her old computer to a less powerful model, what happens to the amount of work her computer can do decrease or increase?
Answer: decrease

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The further objects are away from each other, the smaller the gravitational force. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ): If Mona is holding two pieces of fruit and she moves them closer to each other, what happens to the gravitational force between the two fruits increase or decrease?
**Answer**
increase

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The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are top of the mountain or bottom of the mountain ): If Jim climbs to the top of a mountain and takes the temperature after taking the temperature at the bottom of the mountain, which area will he get a lower reading at top of the mountain or bottom of the mountain?
**Answer**
top of the mountain