Jill is planting a garden in her yard and notices that the fertilizer she is using contains gypsum. She learns that gypsum is a rock that is mined from underground and used to make fertilizer and other products. She remembers from science class that gypsum is rated a 2 on Moh’s hardness scale. Which of these describes this rock? Choose the two statements that apply. A. It cannot scratch any other rocks.
B. It can scratch rocks that are rated a 1.
C. It is very soft compared to other rocks.
D. It is very hard compared to other rocks.
E. It can scratch any rock rated from a 2 to a 10, but not a 1.

B and C

Explanation:

It can scratch rocks rated a 1 but not above a 2, the scale goes to 10 so it is very soft compared to other rocks.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure