Question

Which of the following Population is most likely to go extinct

• A. capable of absorbing water rapidly and retaining it
• B. capable of minimizing water loss and facilitating aeration to underground parts
• C. capable of reducing transpiration and able to store absorbed water
• D. presence of well organized leaves that are adapted to absorb nitrogenous matter

Answer 1

The correct option is C capable of reducing transpiration and able to store absorbed water

A moderate-sized population of r strategists - Populations that adopt the r strategy use their high growth rate as their means of survival. They are good colonizers and can rebound from catastrophes easily. Therefore they usually inhabit unstable and unpredictable habitats.
A large population with lots of genetic variability will have a good probablitiy of surving because of the genetic diversity in the gene pool.
A small population is unlikely to have much genetic variability. And in an unstable environment they are more prone to catastrophes, and therefore have very high chance of going extinct.