You are given an elementary science question along with a few answer options. List all the words from the question that are essential and sufficient for choosing the correct answer option. Keep in mind that essential words are necessary to understand the meaning of the given question. However, non-essential words provide little information needed to select the correct answer. You can think about it like this: If the question was in another language, knowing the meaning of which words were necessary and enough for you to understand the question and answer it?. If your answer consists of multiple spans of words from the question, separate those using a comma (", "). Do not generate any word that is not present in the question. Make sure that your response is contained in the given question and the words are in the same order as the question.
 Grammatical correctness is not important.
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Question: Question: Which of these is a nonliving part of a forest? (A) Tree (B) Soil (C) Worm (D) Mushroom?

Answer: nonliving, part, forest?


Question: Question: A student saw a deer while on a hike in the woods. By looking at the deer, she could tell the (A) exact height of the deer (B) color of the deer (C) exact weight of the deer (D) exact temperature of the deer?

Answer: looking, tell


Question: Question: Sand is a type of soil that is made of very tiny pieces of material. Which process most likely forms sand? (A) the rotation of Earth (B) the growth of animals (C) the decay of large trees (D) the weathering of rocks?

Answer:
process, forms, sand?