Which of these elements have the strongest and the weakest forces between its atoms. Give A Reason For Your Answer. Copper, oxygen, carbon, helium, sulphur and magnesium.

your answer is a. the enthalpy of formation for a pure element in its standard state is always positive.

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.