With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are moist or dry ):   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

The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are directly in front of the speaker or two miles away? ):   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

Light-skinned people get sunburned more quickly than people with darker skin.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are Jeff or Lydia ):   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

Therefore, water nearer shore usually contains more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ):   Water furthest away from shore will have more or less dissolved nutrients than water near shore?
less