If we guide ourselves with the Moh´s scale:
Material scratches apatite → material is harder than 5.
Material is scratched by corundum → material is softer than 9.
Conclusion:
The hardness of the unknown material stands between 5 and 9.
Note:
Both apatite and corundum are defining materials (reference materials in the Moh´s scale). So, you can also give an answer using defining materials:
"It can either be an orthoclase feldspar, a quartz or a topaz".
Hope it helped,
BiologiaMagister
<u><em>This answer is dedicated to JaySL</em></u>
<span>R group (or side chain) is an organic component of amino acids that is unique to each amino acid. </span> <span>Three of the amino acids have basic side chains at neutral pH: arginine (Arg), lysine (Lys), and histidine (His). Their side chains contain nitrogen and resemble ammonia, which is a base and their pKa's are high enough that they tend to bind protons, (positive charge). Aspartic acid or aspartate (Asp) and glutamic acid or glutamate (Glu) are acidic amino acids because their side chains have carboxylic acid groups whose pKa's are low enough to lose protons, (negatively charged). The non-polar amino acids contain uncharged functional groups<span> at physiological pH and are incapable of participating in hydrogen bonding. </span></span>
The best conclusion to this that I see is that in this situation the plants being spoken to and hand watered every day grew better.
My Conclusion: Plants that are given more attention, and loved to grow faster and better than plants that are not.
C. Because mutations are varieties
A few plants they stay green are fatsia, lavender, Aucuba, camellia, euonymus, and muhonia.
