Today, Immigrants Represent Approximately What Percentage of the U

question 187

Multiple Choice

Today, immigrants represent approximately what percentage of the U.S.population?

• A)4-5%
• B)7-8%
• C)11-12%
• D)14-15%
• E)19-20%

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Definitions:

Optimal Conditions

The most favorable environmental or operational settings at which a specific process, such as an enzyme activity, performs its best.

Opportunistic Life History

A strategy wherein organisms take immediate advantage of favorable conditions for growth and reproduction without a fixed pattern, often in unpredictable environments.

Parental Investment

Any contribution by a parent to an offspring that increases the offspring's chance of surviving and reproducing at the cost of the parent's ability to invest in other offspring.

R-Selection

Pattern of natural selection in which producing the most offspring the most quickly is adaptive; occurs when population density is low and resources are abundant.