Pure water can be consumed in a chemical reaction, resulting in the formation of a new product. Refer to paragraph four. What type of change is this?

A. A physical change
B. A chemical change
C. A mixture change
D. A compound change

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.