Which of the Following Statements About Immigration in the U

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about immigration in the U.S.is TRUE?

• A)Federal law permits up to 1 million new immigrants to be legally admitted to the U.S. every year.
• B)Federal law permits up to 5 million new immigrants to be legally admitted to the U.S. every year.
• C)In recent years,illegal immigrants have outnumbered legal immigrants.
• D)Few immigrants,only about 5 percent,in the U.S. have become American citizens.
• E)The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 30 percent of the nation's population is comprised of immigrants.

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Definitions:

Griffith's Transformation

Griffith's transformation experiment demonstrated that bacteria can take up foreign DNA from their environment and express its genetic information, a foundational experiment in molecular biology.

R-strain Bacteria

A type of bacteria distinguished by its rough appearance due to the absence of a polysaccharide capsule, often used in studies of bacterial transformation.

S-strain Bacteria

A strain of bacteria that possesses a smooth capsule made of polysaccharides, making it virulent by protecting it from the host's immune system.

Antiparallel

Said of a double-stranded nucleic acid in which the 5' to 3' direction of the sugar-phosphate backbone of one strand is reversed in the other strand.