What determines that an element is a metal?
a. the magnitude of its charge
c. when it is a group a element
b. the molecules that it forms
d. its position in the periodic table

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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.