Does gold have the highest melting point than NaCL, C12, and water

Iknow the answer is a but i don't know why

If 15 drops of ethanol from a medical dropper weight 0.60g, how many drops does it takes from a dropper to dispense 1.0ml of ethanol? the density of ethanol is 0.80g/ml

Pegmatites are igneous rocks in which the individual minerals are very large. typically, the minerals are all light-colored quartz, feldspar and muscovite. if you were given a black and white photograph of a pegmatite in a quarry (where the rock has been blasted and broken), what physical properties could you use to identify those three minerals in this hypothetical photo? describe each mineral and the specific diagnostic properties. be specific.