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: As Archie walks to the park, he wonders which route would be faster. He decides to walk to the park using different routes and times how long it takes. Which should he do to make his comparison fair? (A) walk to different parts of the park each day (B) walk with a different friend each day (C) walk at the same speed each day (D) walk at the same time of the day?
route, faster., different, routes, times, make, comparison, fair?

Question: You have three different boxes of cereal that claim to contain 400 g each. To check if this information is true, you use a ___. (A) triple beam balance (B) ruler (C) compass (D) scale?
three, boxes, cereal, contain, 400, g, check

Question: Mrs. Gordon's class studies maple trees. Which property can the students measure with a meter stick? (A) the mass of a leaf (B) the volume of its sap (C) the length of a branch (D) the temperature of its bark?

maple, trees., property, measure, meter, stick?