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Scenario: I have a student who is struggling with simple geometric shapes. Which would be the best way to teach this student rhombus, triangle, parallelogram, and trapezoid? 

As many of you are looking forward to a future in the healthcare field, which two of the following types of infections should you most specifically be concerned about? (Select two)

A clinical report of a Gram stain performed on a swab from a patient’s throat reveals Gram-positive cocci that appear in long chains. Based on your knowledge of bacteria shapes and how names are often derived from those shapes, what organism is most likely responsible for the infection?

What proportion of bacteria are true human pathogens?

You are performing a Gram stain on Gram-negative bacteria, and you stop after the addition of the alcohol. What is the appearance of the bacteria at this point?

Match the BEST term to the definition. More than one could be valid, but only one will be correct. You will not use all of the terms.

Select all of the following that are symptoms of disease:

Which development in microbiology presented a way to associate disease states with the microbial agent that caused them?

Which of the following Eukaryotic organelles are of prokaryotic origin according to Endosymbiotic Theory? (select all that are true)

Which of the following organisms is rod-shaped?