You are given a short paragraph, a question and two choices to answer from. Choose the correct answer based on the paragraph and write the answer(not the key).

[EX Q]: Paragraph: The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, the temperatures increase as altitude increases.
 Question: Tina flew lower and lower into the stratosphere. The temperature of her ship 
 Choices: A)increases 
B)decreases
[EX A]: decreases

[EX Q]: Paragraph: The more extreme the amount of metamorphism, the more difficult it is to tell what the original rock was.
 Question: Evan is picking up rocks on the beach. Some rocks are very basic small ones, and others are large, clumpy stones with different textures. The rocks that are less difficult to identify had amounts of metamorphism that were 
 Choices: A)more extreme 
B)less extreme
[EX A]: less extreme

[EX Q]: Paragraph: Lower rock layers were laid down earlier, so they are assumed to contain older fossils.
 Question: If Mona is excavating an archeological site and she discovers some fossils near the surface then compares them to fossils she found deeper down, which fossils will be younger? 
 Choices: A)near the surface 
B)deeper down
[EX A]:
near the surface