Species with which type of reproductive patterns are the most vulnerable to extinction? Explain your

answer.

Those species that are more vulnerable to extinction are the big-sized ones, that reach their sexual maturity in a relatively advanced stage of their lives and have a low growth rate per capita. They have a low reproductive rate.

Explanation:  

There are specific heritable traits such as reproductive rate, trophic level, dispersion capability, that influence different species and their trend to be more or less vulnerable to extinction. "k" species have a low growth rate per capita, but they are big competitors with the capacity of displacing other species and monopolizing the available resources. These are big-sized species that live for a long time, reaching sexual maturity in advanced stages of their lives. They do not have numerous progenies, and hence, they spend a lot of time in parenting. Any environmental disturbance seems to severely affect them. These animals have a higher risk of getting extinct than those species with short-lived and elevated reproductive rates.

For many mammals and birds, this is a linear relationship. The bigger is the species, the more prone to get extinct it is.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."