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.

[EX Q]: Question: On a hiking trip to Big Bend National Park, a hiker found a sedimentary rock. The hiker would like to find the mass of the rock. Which tool would be used to find the mass of the rock? (A) Incline plane (B) Balance (C) Meter stick (D) Graduated cylinder?
[EX A]: mass, tool

[EX Q]: Question: One main purpose of a decomposer in a forest is to (A) provide energy to plants. (B) destroy harmful insects. (C) eat live plants and animals. (D) break down plant and animal waste.?
[EX A]: purpose, decomposer, forest

[EX Q]: Question: The mountain chorus frog is an endangered species in Maryland. In addition to the loss of habitat, what most likely caused this frog population to decline? (A) an increase in a food source (B) more frog breeding grounds (C) native wetlands preservation (D) poisons dissolved in the water?
[EX A]:
addition, loss, caused, frog, population, decline?