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.

Q: Question: Which items would best protect a group of students while investigating a forest ecosystem? (A) short pants and T-shirts (B) short pants and long-sleeved shirts (C) long pants and T-shirts (D) long pants and long-sleeved shirts?

A: items, protect, investigating, forest, ecosystem?
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Q: Question: Windy, cloudy, rainy, and cold are words that help describe (A) evaporation (B) deposition (C) matter (D) weather?

A: cold, describe
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Q: Question: A student sets a block at the top of a wooden ramp. The student pushes the block. As the block slides down the ramp, it slows down and then comes to a stop. What force causes the block to slow down? (A) the force of gravity (B) the force of friction (C) the force of magnetism (D) the force of the student's push?

A:
block, wooden, ramp., block., block, slows, stop., force
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