Answer the question below:   Sean digs in the dirt and finds rocks that are buried very shallowly. Given how deep they were, Sean can assume that these rocks are younger or older?    Assuming that:  Lower rock layers were laid down earlier, so they are assumed to contain older fossils.
younger

Answer the question below:   If we change resistors in series to be in parallel the resistance increases or decreases?    Assuming that:  When we add resistors in parallel to each other the total resistance decreases and the current increases.
decreases

Q: Answer the question below:   When astronomers noticed a doubling of Sun spot activity, did they predict that the Earth's temperature would increase or decrease??    Assuming that:  When there are more sunspots the Sun is more active and there are more solar storms and more of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth.
A: increase

Question: Answer the question below:   If Jim eats animals that are higher on the food chain, the amount of toxic metals that enter his body are greater or smaller?    Assuming that:  The higher up a food chain that humans eat, the greater the levels of toxic metals they take in.
Answer: greater

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Answer the question below:   John was observing a range of patients skin under a microscope. He noticed that the more melanocytes the skin had, the production of melanin was higher or lower?    Assuming that:  However, the melanocytes of people with darker skin produce more melanin.
**Answer**
higher

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Answer the question below:   Rita sees a particle and makes it move very quickly. The temperature of the particle increases or decreases?    Assuming that:  When particles move more quickly, temperature is higher and an object feels warmer.
(Answer)
increases