If you want to check the surface area effect on the reaction rate by doing the experiment of calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid 1) the concentration of HCI
2) the mass of calcium carbonate
3) the reaction time

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.