(Question)
Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   If Mona is manipulating carbon atoms in her science lab and she decreases the number of carbon atoms she has to work with, what happens to the number of possible arrangements the carbon atoms can take increase or decrease?    Text:  A: The more carbon atoms there are, the greater the number of possible arrangements of carbon atoms.
(Answer)
decrease


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Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   Jan is taking a class where she is learning about atoms. She knows that atoms have electrons, and that atoms that are smaller have more electrons or fewer electrons?    Text:  Bigger atoms have more electrons.
(Answer)
fewer electrons


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Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   Kathy did some experiments on two different alkanes and one of the alkanes had twice as many carbon atoms than the other. She would notice that which alkane would require a lower temperature to melt alkane with fewer carbon atoms or alkane with more carbon atoms??    Text:  Alkanes with more carbon atoms have higher boiling and melting points, so some of them are solids at room temperature.
(Answer)
alkane with fewer carbon atoms