Which of the following statements best describes why mitosis is important? A. It allows the body cells to grow and repair damage.
B. It helps produce sex cells such as sperm and egg.
C. It allows cells to divide uncontrollably.
D. It ensures that chromatids line up along the equator of the parent cell.

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.