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).

Paragraph: Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.
 Question: John was combining chemicals in his lab one day. If he were to increase the temperature in his lab, what would happen to the rate of chemical reactions in his experiments? 
 Choices: A)increase 
B)decrease
increase