Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ):  The planets further from the Sun will have bigger orbits, and therefore take longer to revolve around the Sun.   A planet with a small orbit will take more or less time to revolve around the Sun than one with a long orbit?
less
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are old rocks or newer rocks ):  In general, fossils in older rocks are less similar to modern organisms.   If Mona is comparing fossils she found in very old rocks to fossils she found in newer rocks. Which fossils does she expect to be more similar to living animals old rocks or newer rocks?
newer rocks
Q: Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are younger or older ):  Fossils found at the lowest layer of rock would be the oldest, as these would have been buried for the longest time, whereas fossils found closer to the surface would be buried more recently and therefore be younger.   A fossil in the lowest layer of rock would be younger or older than one higher up?
A: older
Question: Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ):  Bacteria with a mutation the helps resist antibiotics increase in numbers, so the mutation becomes more common.   If Milo is growing a certain type of bacteria that can resist antibiotics and he decreases the amount of bacteria he is growing, would mutations in the bacteria increase or decrease?
Answer: decrease
*Question*
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ):  Machines make work easier by increasing the amount of force that is applied, increasing the distance over which the force is applied, or changing the direction in which the force is applied.   If Mona is building a machine to help her vacuum her floor and she increases the amount of force the engine inside the vacuum, what happens to the vacuum ability to make work easier increases or decreases?
**Answer**
increases
(Q).
Read the passage below and choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ):  The forest habitat of elephants has also decreased in size due to humans moving in, so the numbers of the elephants have decreased.   To have more elephants, we should increase or decrease forests near them?
(A).
increase