A sample of lithium is held at 1000 K. What phase of matter would the sample be in?

A solid

Explanation:

Lithium has a melting point of 453.65 K and a boiling point of 1603 K. Leaving Lithium in the same state of matter that it is at room temp.

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.