Triacylglycerols, with their hydrocarbon-like fatty acids, have the highest energy content of the major nutrients. Answer the questions about energy reserves in adipose tissue.

Assuming that 15% of the body mass of a 70.0 kg adult consists of triacylglycerols, calculate the total energy reserve, in units of kilojoules and kilocalories, that is available from triacylglycerols. energy reserve: kJ

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.