Which of the following best explains why the end of a spoon sticking out of a cup of hot water also gets hot? question 7 options: the heat from the hot water is conducted through the spoon handle the hot water heats the air surrounding the upper part of the spoon. the hot water causes a physical change in the spoon handle. the hot water causes a chemical reaction to take place in the spoon.

The heat from the hot water is conducted through the spoon handle.

the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.