Question: Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   If the Earth is orbiting the Sun and it begins to move farther from it, what happens the speed the Earth is moving increase or decrease?    Text:  The Earth travels faster in its elliptical orbit when it is closer to the Sun than when it is farther away.
Answer: decrease

Question: Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   Rita walks closer to Sue. From Sue's perspective, Rita will shrink or grow?    Text:  If you are standing on the shore and a ship is going out to sea, the ship gets smaller as it moves further away from you.
Answer: grow

Question: Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   What would happen to the atmosphere as Jim climbed lower down a mountain it would become less dense or it would become more dense?    Text:  The density of the atmosphere decreases with an increase in the height above sea level (altitude).
Answer:
it would become more dense