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.

Question: Which conclusion is best supported by a tree-growth ring that is much narrower than the other growth rings? (A) Crops grew well that year. (B) One year was unusually dry. (C) The tree was planted long ago. (D) The area used to have more trees.?
conclusion, tree-growth, ring, narrower

Question: Which tool is matched to the object that it measures? (A) balance - mass (B) ruler -temperature (C) graduated cylinder - mass (D) thermometer - volume?
tool, matched, object, measures?

Question: The part of a plant that protects it from being eaten is (A) the thorn (B) the leaf (C) the root (D) the flower?

plant, protects, eaten