11
QuizMultiple Choice

Determining Population Size

Question 11 • 112 CCHS Environmental Science

Tagging animals is indicative of which type of method to determine population size?

Answer
A
mark/recapture
B
direct observation
C
sampling
D
indirect observation

Explanation

Tagging animals is part of the mark-and-recapture method. Researchers capture and mark some animals, release them, and later capture another group; the proportion of marked animals in the second group helps estimate the population size. Therefore, the correct choice is mark/recapture.

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