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: A student in an empty classroom shouts, "Hello!" Which best explains what the student hears after the shout? (A) an increased loudness of sound (B) a reflection of sound (C) an increased frequency of sound (D) a refraction of sound?

Answer: explains, hears, shout?


Question: Question: An area received six inches of snow during the winter. Before the snow can continue through the water cycle as ground water or runoff, it must first (A) condense. (B) evaporate. (C) freeze. (D) melt.?

Answer: snow, water, cycle, water


Question: Question: Which of the following is NOT an example of physical weathering? (A) ice breaking a rock into pieces (B) plant roots causing a rock to crack (C) acid rain breaking a rock into pieces (D) sand rubbing against a rock and wearing it down?

Answer:
example, physical, weathering?