Gemstone crystals should be very difficult to scratch. In 1812, a mineralogist named Friedrich Mohs developed a scale to rank the hardness of minerals. The diamond is at the top of the list. Not only is it the hardest gemstone, it is also the hardest substance known to humans! Rubies and sapphires are the next-hardest gemstones. Topaz, quartz, and emeralds are farther down on Mohs’ scale. The scale is useful in minerals.

Which word goes in the blank?

analyzing

mining

renewing

detecting

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Iwill give brainliest1.when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see the tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that fun town is closed to colored children, and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky… •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: 2.like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: 3.over and over again i have found myself asking: "who worships here? who is their god? where were their voices when the lips of governor barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification? where were their voices of support when tired, bruised, and weary negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest? " •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood:

Which word identifies the purpose of the essay? a. direction b. directive c. defectiveness d. none of these select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d