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: Campers shouted toward a canyon wall. What characteristic of sound best explains why the campers heard an echo? (A) Sound waves traveled slowly down the canyon. (B) Sound waves were absorbed by the canyon wall. (C) Sound waves reflected off the canyon wall. (D) Sound waves were refracted around the canyon.?
wall., characteristic, sound, explains, campers, echo?

Question: When an octopus feels threatened, it can release black ink into the water. The ink MOST likely helps the octopus (A) move quickly through the water. (B) breathe oxygen from the water. (C) hide from predators. (D) use food faster.?
octopus, release, black, ink, helps, octopus

Question: The main cause of erosion of the Earth's surface is __________. (A) mechanical weathering (B) avalanches (C) earthquakes (D) moving water?

cause, erosion, Earth's, surface