B Mosquitoes are limited by temperature, with reproduction levels high in the spring and summer and low in the fall and winter.
Mosquito populations typically increase exponentially during the warmer months when the temperature is ideal for reproduction, and then decrease during the colder months when temperatures are not conducive to breeding. This pattern repeats on a seasonal basis, resulting in a regular cycle of population growth followed by die off.
Which of these best explains why mosquito populations show an exponential increase followed by a die off on a seasonal basis with a regular pattern?
A Mosquito hosts are declining on a seasonal basis due to changes in climate because of global warming.Mosquito hosts are declining on a seasonal basis due to changes in climate because of global warming.
B Mosquitoes are limited by temperature, with reproduction levels high in the spring and summer and low in the fall and winter.Mosquitoes are limited by temperature, with reproduction levels high in the spring and summer and low in the fall and winter.
C Mosquitoes have a seasonal outbreak of disease that kills more than fifty percent of the populations late in the summer season.Mosquitoes have a seasonal outbreak of disease that kills more than fifty percent of the populations late in the summer season.
D Mosquitoes have an imbalance of males and females in their sex ratio, creating fewer offspring after each successive growing season.
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