Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   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?    Text:  With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.
dry

Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   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??    Text:  The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.
directly in front of the speaker

Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   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?    Text:  Light-skinned people get sunburned more quickly than people with darker skin.
Lydia

Answer the question based on the following text.  Question:   Water furthest away from shore will have more or less dissolved nutrients than water near shore?    Text:  Therefore, water nearer shore usually contains more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
less