Neither.
While the platypus was once close to extinction, given that it was highly prized for its fur, since legislation wa enacted to protect it, its population has returned to approximately the same figure as it was prior to European settlement. No accurate figures are available for platypus numbers, but evidence suggests that platypus numbers are currently steady.
yes the puffer fish is increasing in numbers
All religions are decreasing. More people are becoming atheists, agnostics or just not sure about religion
waxing is growing and waning is decreasing
It is not possible to explain because you have not specified the nature of the sequence. A sequence can be an arithmetic, or geometric progression, increasing or decreasing. Or it can be a polynomial or power progression, again increasing or decreasing. Or it can be a sequence of random numbers.
Decreasing
Decreasing
Decreasing.
It is decreasing
Standard form has nothing to do with increasing or decreasing.
You look at the contours. Steeply sloping contours with numbers that are increasing usually indicate that the height is increasing, and may be an indicator for hills. Contrastingly, steeply sloping contours with decreasing numbers indicate a decreasing altitude, and may indicate a depression or a valley.
decreasing speed
a arithmetic pattern is a mathmatical pattern, or sequence that helps us discover the patterns in increasing and decreasing numbers.