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.

Clara wrote the following hypothesis for an experiment about acidophilic bacteria. bacteria cells will stop dividing in a basic (alkaline) environment because of the high ph. which statement is the best way to restate the hypothesis so that it is more specific? growing acidophilic bacteria in some environments will cause the cells to stop dividing because of ph. if the ph of their environment is changed, acidophilic bacterial cell division will be affected. if the environment of acidophilic bacterial cells becomes alkaline, the bacteria will stop dividing. the more alkaline an environment, the less cell division will occur in bacteria.