The hardest mineral is with a hardness of
a. quartz; 1
b. quartz; 10
c. diamond; 1
d. diamond; 10

The hardest mineral is a diamond with a hardness of 10.

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The answer you're looking for would be "D: Diamond; 10". Diamond is known to be the hardest mineral out there. Plus, the scale is marked from 1-10, 1 as the softest, and 10 as the highest.

Mitochondria is the cell organelle that produced the energy that is needed in the body system in form of atp, that is why it is called the power house of the cell. energy is needed by the living organisms to carry out the activities which sustain life.  if the mitochondria is destroyed atp will not be produced. if the mitochondria is destroyed, energy production will stop and the affected living organism will not have the energy to carry out the necessary life processes; this will lead to the death of the organism.