Q: Air in the troposphere is warmer closer to Earths surface.  As the rocket shoots up through the troposphere and gets farther from the Earth's surface, the air will be warmer or cooler?
A: cooler


Q: Developing nations will also increase demands on natural resources as they build more factories.  Compared to an undeveloped patch of Yellowstone national park, would the city of Detroit, which is a highly developed industrial city, consume fewer natural resources? or more natural resources?
A: more natural resources


Q: The more curved the surface of a lens is, the more it refracts light.  If Mona is building a new mirror and she wants it to refract more light, what should she do the surface of the lens make it more curved or make it less curved?
A: make it more curved


Q: In general, the farther away from the Sun, the greater the distance from one planets orbit to the next.  Compared to the distance between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, which are far away from the sun, is it more likely that the distance between the orbits of Mercury and Venus, which are closer to the sun than Jupiter and Saturn, are smaller or larger??
A: smaller