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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: Which of the following is a specific characteristic of an ivy plant but not a characteristic of all plants and producers? (A) Chloroplast in its leaf cells (B) Ability to produce glucose (C) Process of photosynthesis (D) Shape of its leaves?
answer:
specific, characteristic, ivy, plant


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Question: Reproduction is the biological process by which ___. (A) organisms adapt to their environment (B) new organisms are produced (C) organisms choose the sex of their child (D) organisms are sorted into the weak and strong?
answer:
Reproduction, process


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Question: Heather designed an investigation to see if the sunlight makes water temperature increase. What should she do first? (A) Make sure that it is not a cloudy day (B) Measure the temperature of the water before placing it in the Sun (C) Make sure that the thermometer is working correctly (D) Use a stopwatch to determine how long it will take for the temperature to change?
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investigation, sunlight, water, temperature, increase., first?