Answer the question below: Tom conducted an archaeological dig and compared some of the rocks he found. He noticed that the rocks at 2 feet deep were older or younger than the rocks at 20 feet deep? Assuming that: Older rocks are at the bottom and younger rocks are at the top.
younger

Answer the question below: 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 first or second sample will have greater dissolved nutrients in it? Assuming that: Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
first

Q: Answer the question below: Jeff heated the pot of boiling water. What happens to the dissolved oxygen contained within the water it increases or it decreases? Assuming that: 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.
A: it decreases

Question: Answer the question below: Fred sees more sunspots than usual on the Sun. He knows that this means that solar storms happen more or less? Assuming that: When there are more sunspots the Sun is more active and there are more solar storms and more of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth.
Answer: more

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Answer the question below: Sue measured water to be a pH of 7, and she measured bleach at a pH of 11. Which substance is more basic water or bleach? Assuming that: For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.
**Answer**
bleach

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Answer the question below: A population of squirrels in a local forest had less food available to them this spring than they did last spring. During which spring will more squirrels leave the area to live somewhere else this spring or last spring? Assuming that: Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.
(Answer)
this spring