question: Devon's cat, Fluffy, is looking for a nice warm spot to lay out in the sun. Because of how the sun heats the earth, and how some heat radiates into the air, the cat laying on the ground, rather than high up in a tree branch, would keep the cat
choices.text: cooler warmer
choices.label: A B
para: The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes.
para_anno.effect_prop: close to surface
para_anno.cause_dir_str: higher
para_anno.effect_dir_str: near 
para_anno.cause_dir_sign: MORE
para_anno.effect_dir_sign: MORE
para_anno.cause_prop: temperature
question_anno.more_effect_dir: lower
question_anno.less_effect_dir: higher
question_anno.less_cause_prop: temperature
question_anno.more_effect_prop: ground
question_anno.less_effect_prop: up in a tree branch
question_anno.less_cause_dir: up in a tree branch