When there are more sunspots the Sun is more active and there are more solar storms and more of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increasing or decreasing ):   Mary loves to observe the Sun. If she's looking at the Sun one day and notices less sunspots then she usually sees, what is happening to the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth increasing or decreasing?
Answer:
decreasing