The answer is B, transpiration.
Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.
What made it self-sufficient was whether it had enough land and serfs which could produce enough food for people to survive on the amount of food that they would produce.
I’m kinda slow but I have a brain please don’t judge me
The fact that Sasha, who is a student in a sociology class, he was deducted points for his research paper for not citing a famous study done five years ago that was nearly identical to the research he conducted means that she should have done the step: review the evidence/literature more carefully.
By doing literature review Sasha will have shown that she has an in-depth grasp of her subject and that she understands where her research fits into.