*Question*
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   If the population of India were to double, their people should expect to have more or less food available?    Paragraph :  As the population increases, the food supply, or the supply of another necessary resource, may decrease.
**Answer**
less

*Question*
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   Dawn is screwing in a screw so she can hang a picture on the wall. Because the threads are really close together, the force that Dawn must apply to get the screw into the wall is greater or lesser?    Paragraph :  The trade-off when the threads are closer together, is that more turns of the screw or bolt are needed to do the job because the distance over which the input force must be applied is greater.
**Answer**
lesser

*Question*
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   Jimbo was sitting at the beach watching the waves. He noticed the waves were decreasing in size. What does this mean for the amount of erosion that the waves will cause decrease or increase?    Paragraph :  The bigger the waves are and the more sediment they carry, the more erosion they cause.
**Answer**
decrease

*Question*
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   If Jim stop exercising his muscles, would the strength of them increase or decrease?    Paragraph :  Exercising muscles increases their size, and bigger muscles have greater strength.
**Answer**
decrease