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Answer 1

A Brief Study of Guts

You may not know this, but you are home to a colony of bacteria. You may also not know it, but the health and happiness of that colony of bacteria have a direct effect on your own health and happiness. In short, if we are what we eat, then we may need to make bacteria part of our balanced breakfast.

Microbes are single-celled organisms. They are literally everywhere. Microbes are in the air we breathe, on the surfaces of everything we touch, and inside our bodies. Microbes can be bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or viruses.

A few years ago, scientists began studying the microbial life of our stomachs. Called The American Gut project, this study aims to understand the life of the bacteria that live in our digestive system. According to an article in the New York Times by Michael Pollan, the goal is to gather information on the types and amounts of bacteria in the human gut. Scientists want to describe what a normal healthy microbe and human relationship should look like inside our digestive system. While the research is still in the very early stages, scientists have learned the following:

The strongest and healthiest microbe systems are those with a lot of variety.
The guts of Americans have much less variety than the guts of other populations.
Diets that include a lot of processed foods support less variation in bacteria.
Studying the makeup of our individual bacteria communities will help scientists get a better idea of which bacteria help human bodies. We used to think that bacteria in our bodies were invaders. This new research suggests that bacteria are part of the protective army that keeps us healthy. In fact, our bodies have a hard time recovering from medicines like antibiotics because they disrupt the balance of helpful bacteria. It seems clear from the early evidence that living with bacteria helps us resist invasion from things that make us sick.

Scientists have also learned that microbes might help our guts do things like process vitamins and important nutrients. Some microbes may help us deal with stress, or adapt to changes. Furthermore, there may come a time—in your lifetime—when illness is treated not with antibiotics, but with extra-special microbes that help us defend our bodies from illness.

All of this new information should make us think twice about things like antibacterial soap, which gets into our water supply. While many bacteria are very dangerous, we should perhaps be careful not to eliminate the good with the bad. While we figure out how to do that, feel free to let your dog lick your face. Rover's microbes may just be saving your life one day.

Works Cited

Pollan, Michael. "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs." New York Times Magazine 19 May 2013: 36-43, 50, 58-59.

The Truth About Antibacterial Soap

According to Discovery Fit & Health, about 75 percent of liquid soaps claim to be antibacterial. While this kind of soap sounds like a good idea, it is really not more effective than regular soap. Soap in general works by binding with dirt and grime and bacteria. This binding action allows the particles to be washed away easily. Antibacterial soap really does no more than regular soap. In fact, to be more effective than regular soap, antibacterial soap should stay on your skin for about two minutes to do what it claims it can do. Most people do not wash their hands that long. In addition, antibacterial soap may do harm. First it kills both beneficial and harmful bacteria. Second, scientists believe bacteria may become resistant to antibacterial agents over time, especially if they are not used correctly. Finally, antibacterial soap does nothing to viruses. Most of the time, we get sick from viruses, not bacteria. In sum, antibacterial soap does not live up to the hype. You are better off just using regular soap.

Works Cited
Is Antibacterial Soap Any Better than Regular Soap?

http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/cleansing/myths/question692.htm


Which tells how the main text uses the article by Michael Pollan?
To summarize the point of the new studies
To convince readers of the value of microbes
To tell a story of how microbes make a difference
To compare bacteria to other kinds of microbes

Answer 2

@AloneS

Answer 3

@puppies

Answer 4

@mathmate

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@Atsie

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@Kikuo

Answer 7

@Sachintha

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@donnie1999

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@supersmart1001
You have of course read this over, so what I want you to do is to give me your guess and provide insight on why you think that. I want to see where you are coming from. :)

Answer 10

idk the answer

Answer 11

Well, take a guess. Re-read the article and try to pinpoint the MAIN point that the author is trying to make. The article is obviously about bacteria and microbes, so what is the author trying to tell us about it?

Answer 12

oh so it is D because thats talking about bacteria

Answer 13

Well, as much as that is a possibility (rather as much as all the options are possibilities) it isn't quite specifically what we are looking for though.
Bacteria is lightly mentioned in the article but mostly microbes are the main topic. If I were you, I'd actually eliminate D. I'd also eliminate option A because it isn't entirely stating much about new studies.
So between B or C, what makes most sense?

Answer 14

it is C because in the title is says "a brief story"

Answer 15

Nope

Answer 16

can someone just explain the answer to me plz

Answer 17

is it B

Answer 18

Option C has nothing to do with it being a brief story, but rather Option B talks about the value of microbes more so. The whole story is based around that subject and it summarizes what the author is trying to teach us.
Also, as a sidenote....try to not do so much guessing for answers but more so try to work with the person. I don't want you to cheat, but I want to help you and make sure you learn. :)

Answer 19

so it is b

Answer 20

Re read what I wrote above. :)

Answer 21

Agree @Atsie :)

Answer 22

ok thx can u help with a few more

Answer 23

Maybe later :) I have some pressing matters to attend to right now, I'll be back later.

Answer 24

ok

Answer 25

@ShadowLegendX @supercalifragalisticexspeaalli @Sachintha @Mystiz @Kikuo @yoongibear @jhonyy9 @JuliusMcAllister23 @griffithdylan @Thomas123 can at least one of u help me plz

Answer 26

the word poly means many
so polygot means?

Answer 27

glot*

Answer 28

ik it means something about languages

Answer 29

but idk

Answer 30

poly means many

Answer 31

Polyglot = would mean many (what)

Answer 32

let me look online and see what it means

Answer 33

I think he doesn't know what glot means. Even I don't know. :3

Answer 34

cause none of thosu answers have anything to do with many

Answer 35

glot is like speaking

Answer 36

written in a language

Answer 37

a combining form with the meanings “having a tongue,” “speaking, writing, or written in a language” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: polyglot. Origin of -glot Expand. Greek.

Answer 38

so PolyGlot = many languages

Answer 39

pol·y·glot
ˈpälēˌɡlät/
adjective
1.
knowing or using several languages.
"a polyglot career woman"
noun
1.
a person who knows and is able to use several languages.

Answer 40

its the first choice on 12

Answer 41

yes

Answer 42

ok next one

Answer 43

Based on what you know about the root phon, what does the word phonometry mean?

The measurement of language
The measurement of visual images
The measurement of sound
The measurement of density

Answer 44

Ohh you don't need to find what glot means. Based on poly you can have the answer since poly means many and there's only one with it.

Answer 45

true

Answer 46

@AloneS. can nu help me plz

Answer 47

its a measurement in something

Answer 48

phon means sound

Answer 49

XD they all r measurements

Answer 50

so measurement of sound

Answer 51

oh so the answer is C

Answer 52

yes

Answer 53

ok next

Answer 54

Read this short text:

Eli spends his summer vacation writing dramas and staging them in the backyard like a teenage Shakespeare.

This reference to Shakespeare is which type of allusion and meaning?

Biblical—Eli is a Biblical name of moral strength
Historical—Eli is quite talented as a writer
Mythological—Eli has magical power with words
Pop culture—Eli uses current popular words and references

Answer 55

Historical?

Answer 56

do you know if you get the answers right?

Answer 57

@Thomas123 no u dont get to see if there right or wrong

Answer 58

@Thomas123

Answer 59

ok

Answer 60

pretty sure its historical

Answer 61

wait yeah ur right nvm

Answer 62

i thought i clased thos question