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: Katie is looking at solid reactants, and is wondering how they will react. The reaction rate is increased in surface areas which are
Answer: larger
[EX A]: Therefore, increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases the reaction rate.

[EX Q]: Question: If we have a bag of feathers and a bag of bricks of the same volume, the heavier item will be the
Answer: bricks
[EX A]: If we have two materials with the same volume, the material with a higher mass will be more dense.

[EX Q]: Question: Jim is playing with a rubber band by stretching and releasing it. Would he feel more resistance stretching the band to
Answer: 40 cm or
[EX A]:
The farther you stretch the band, the greater the resistance is.