Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   Mona is creating a circuit board in her lab for work. If she decreases the thickness of the resistors on the board, what happens to the overall resistance of the circuit increases or decreases?    Paragraph :  Thicker resistors offer less resistance than thinner resistors.
increases
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   In science class, kids learned about how when atoms are smaller, the distance between the valence electrons and the nucleus is bigger or smaller?    Paragraph :  In bigger atoms, valence electrons are farther from the nucleus.
smaller
Q: Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   If Jim moves his telescope to a location with less air above it, what will happen to the amount of interference from the atmosphere increase or decrease?    Paragraph :  Many observatories are built on high mountains. There is less air above the telescope, so there is less interference from the atmosphere.
A: decrease
Question: Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   A shorter wire will have more or less resistance than a longer one?    Paragraph :  Longer wires have more resistance than shorter wires.
Answer: less
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Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   Johnny was was playing with chalk outside. His mom called him in for lunch, while he was inside his red chalk sat in the sun, and his blue chalk was in the shade. When Johnny returned outside and picked up the red and blue which had a higher temperature the red chalk or the blue chalk?    Paragraph :  If two objects have the same mass, the object with the higher temperature has greater thermal energy.
**Answer**
the red chalk
Q: Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.  Question:   Marcus is climbing a mountain, and notices that it is easier to breathe than it was before. This is likely because Marcus is at a lower elevation or higher elevation?    Paragraph :  Air pressure is less at higher elevations.
A: lower elevation