input question: Process:  - Water gets into cracks in rocks - The water freezes into ice - The cracks expand - Over time the rocks split - The rocks are now in smaller pieces.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose the rock is in a cold climate where freezing weather is common happens, how will it affect LESS or SLOWER weathering occurring.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process????
output answer: yes


Process:  - Water comes through a filter - The filter has small pores to catch pollutants - The filter will catch chlorine, heavy metals, and other chemicals - The filter allows water and mineral ions like fluoride to pass through - The water on the other side of the filter is much cleaner -   Perturbation hypothesis: suppose weak filter used happens, how will it affect less chemicals caught.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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Answer: yes


Q: Process:  - Contact is made with a virus - The virus enters the human or animal body - The virus goes to the part of the body that contains its food - The virus consumes part of the body or materials that the body uses - The virus replicates and spreads - The virus causes symptoms in the body as the immune system tries to expel the virus.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose heating the water takes less time happens, how will it affect LESS cells being damaged.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
A: no


Question: Process:  - The pancreas detects chemical changes in the stomach - The pancreas creates juices that help digest food - The pancreas releases the juices into the stomach - Trypsin and chymotrypsin digest protein - Insulin is produced to move glucose from the blood - The enzymes begin producing again.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose the virus isn't strong enough to spread to the body happens, how will it affect more food digested.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
Answer: no


[Q]: Process:  - People dig up coal from the ground - People burn coal for heat or electricity - Pollution from the coal goes into the sky - Coal pollution enters clouds - Clouds rain over an area - The polluted rain becomes acid rain.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose more electrostatic energy builds happens, how will it affect MORE acid rain.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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[A]: no


Problem: Given the question: Process:  - A red giant burns mass - This mass creates high core temperatures - The mass decreases - The red giant can no longer fuse the carbon and oxygen in its center - The gravity of the star can no longer hold the outside layers - The layers break away - Only the inner core remains - This inner core is known as a white dwarf.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose There is more mass to be burnt happens, how will it affect a LARGER white dwarf star.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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The answer is:

yes