Exhaling, or breathing out, decreases the size of the chest, which increases air pressure inside the lungs. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ): If Mary is running and race and begins to breathe hard, what happens to the air pressure in her lungs as she expands her chest increases or decreases?
decreases

The more energy the particles in matter have, the faster and more strongly they vibrate. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ): Don wants to make sure that his particles will move slower, so he will make sure the energy they have is more or less?
less

Q: Gluons make quarks attract each other more strongly the farther apart the quarks get. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are close or distant ): Ian is looking at quarks and sees that they are not attracted to each other. Ian knows that the distance between the quarks is currently close or distant?
A: close

Question: The thinner the wire, the more resistance it offers. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ): Barry is connecting new wires to his speakers. His new wires are thicker than the old ones, therefore, he should expect that the electrical current will display more or less resistance than his older, thinner ones?
Answer: less

*Question*
For a given medium, sound waves travel more slowly at lower temperatures. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are higher or lower ): John was watching the sound waves in his electronic monitor when he noticed something. The speed of the sound waves was slower when the temperature was higher or lower?
**Answer**
lower

Q: Older rocks are at the bottom and younger rocks are at the top. Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are younger or older ): Ian is digging in his garden, and admires the shiny pebbles sitting in the yard, as he digs a hole and finds more rocks, he knows that they are younger or older?
A: older