Given the fact that:  With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.  Answer the question:   Dan notices that there were no new trees planted this year. Since there are so few trees in the area, Dan expects the air to be moist or dry?
dry

Given the fact that:  The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.  Answer the question:   Would the sound from a loud speaker transmit more energy to the eardrum of a member of the audience if they were standing directly in front of the speaker or two miles away??
directly in front of the speaker

Given the fact that:  Light-skinned people get sunburned more quickly than people with darker skin.  Answer the question:   Jeff has dark skin and stays on the beach with Layla, who has light skin, for 2 hours. Neither use sunblock. Who is likely more sunburned Jeff or Lydia?
Lydia

Given the fact that:  Therefore, water nearer shore usually contains more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.  Answer the question:   Water furthest away from shore will have more or less dissolved nutrients than water near shore?
less