TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Question: Randall is picking lettuce from his garden for dinner. His mother told him to leave some leaves on each plant. Why is it important to leave some leaves on the plant? (A) Leaves help the plant make food. (B) Leaves help the plant absorb water. (C) Leaves help the plant stand upright. (D) Leaves help the plant make seeds.?

SOLUTION: picking, lettuce, leaves, plant., important, leave, leaves, plant?

PROBLEM: Question: If 10 grams of water are added to 5 grams of salt, how much salt water will be made? (A) 2 grams (B) 5 grams (C) 10 grams (D) 15 grams?

SOLUTION: 10, grams, water, 5, grams, salt, water

PROBLEM: Question: How do coal and the sun compare as sources of energy? (A) Coal is renewable, and the sun is renewable. (B) Coal is renewable, and the sun is nonrenewable. (C) Coal is nonrenewable, and the sun is renewable. (D) Coal is nonrenewable, and the sun is nonrenewable.?

SOLUTION:
coal, sun, energy?