Hilary arrived home from school one afternoon and decided she needed a snack. which of the following would be the best choice if she is trying to pick the most sustainable snack option?

a. a bowl of ice cream since it has a very high calorie content
b. an orange from the tree in her yard since it did not have to be transported
c. some canned pineapple from hawaii since it was efficiently processed
d. two hard boiled eggs from her own chickens since they were locally raised

Which of the following is an argument against buying local fruits and vegetables?

You isolate an infectious substance capable of causing disease in plants, but you do not know whether the infectious agent is a bacterium, virus, viroid, or prion. you have four methods at your disposal to analyze the substance and determine the nature of the infectious agent. i. treat the substance with enzymes that destroy all nucleic acids and then determine whether the substance is still infectious. ii. microscope. iii. culture the substance on nutritive medium, away from any plant cells. iv. treat the sample with proteases that digest all proteins and then determining whether the substance is still infectious. if you already know that the infectious agent was either bacterial or viral, which method(s) listed above would allow you to distinguish between these two possibilities? a) ib) iic) ii or iiid) iv

A48-year-old male presents with an 8-day history of productive cough, subjective fevers, and malaise. he is otherwise healthy without any active medical problems. he is a social drinker of alcohol, and denies any tobacco or drug use. on physical examination, the patient is alert and oriented. his temperature is 100.4 0 f, pulse rate is 56, respiratory rate is 18, and blood pressure is 133/64. heent is within normal limits and a chest exam has diffuse expiratory wheeze with decreased sounds to the right lower lung fields. blood labs reveal wbc 14.4, hgb 11.3, plt 233, alt 65, ast 102, and po 4 2.1. a chest x-ray reveals a dense consolidation with bulging fissures. based on these findings, what is the most likely pathogen affecting this patient?