A direct smear of the abdominal fluid is prepared and Gram stained. What does a Gram stain detect? Describe the appearance of Gram-positive organisms. Describe the appearance of Gram-negative organisms. What findings would support septic peritonitis? What are the limitations of Gram staining? Resources: Stains used in Lab

In what type of rock would you be most likely to find a pristine fossil of a once living organism?

Minnesota has all three types of rock (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) exposed at the surface somewhere in the state?

You’ve identified a nearly pure quartz sandstone with ripple marks.  Which of the following sedimentary depositional environments seems most likely as the origin of the rock?

Mountains are anticlines and valleys are synclines?

The limbs dip toward the axis of which kind of fold?

What type of faulting in seen in this photo?  Note that the view is of a vertical exposure.

What sediment would you expect to be more mature: sand on a beach or sediment at the base of a steep slope?

What rock you start with and metamorphic grade are all that matter in categorizing (i.e., naming) metamorphic rocks?

Wouldn’t it be nice if the last question was really, really, I mean REALLY simple?