Answer:
Yes, you can compost lettuce and other salad leaves. Be careful! If the salad is covered in lots of dressing, the oils or fats in the dressing may attract rats or other animals to your compost heap.
Organisms that share many derived characteristics are probably more closely related
Vaccine
Because scientists normally put the cure in a form to get injected into you and since a vaccine is basically a shot vaccine would most likely be correct