Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.
Input: Question: John was looking at the materials being manipulated. He saw that the more it was compressed the force 
 Answer: Decreased
Output:
The elastic force increases the more the material is stretched or compressed.