Use the information to answer the following question.
Mice carry the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease is a disease that causes chronic flu-like symptoms. Ticks are parasites of mice. The bacteria that causes Lyme Disease is spread to ticks that bite infected mice. If an infected tick then bites a human, the human can be infected with the bacteria and develop Lyme Disease. Scientists have proposed that increased human development (buildings) has led to an increase in mice population which can lead to increased cases of Lyme Disease in humans.
Answering which scientific question would BEST support the scientist’s hypothesis?
Does development of neighborhoods increase mice population?
Does Lyme Disease spread to humans from ticks?
Do mice live in forest areas?
Do ticks bite a mouse more than once?