Lifespan of an Organism

Q.

What is the life span of the banyan tree and peepal tree?

Q. The following organisms are arranged in increasing order of their life span. Choose the correct arrangement.

1. Crow, butterfly, tortoise, parrot
2. Butterfly, crow, parrot, crocodile
3. Butterfly, crow, crocodile, parrot
4. Crow, parrot, butterfly, tortoise

Q. Match the following organism with its life span
$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{p.}& \text{Fruit fly}& \text{1.}& \text{10 years}\\ \text{q.}& \text{Elephant}& \text{2.}& \text{50 years}\\ \text{r.}& \text{Horse}& \text{3.}& \text{1 month}\\ \text{s.}& \text{Rose Bush}& \text{4.}& \text{60-70 years}\end{array}$

1. p - 3, q - 4, r - 2, s - 1
2. p - 1, q - 3, r - 2, s - 4
3. p - 3, q - 2, r - 4, s - 1
4. p - 3, q - 4, r - 1, s - 2

Q. Which of the following organism can have a life span of over 200 years?

1. Banyan tree
2. Rice plant
3. Fruit fly
4. Butterfly

Q. Assertion: Life span of organisms is not correlated with their sizes.
Reason: Mango trees have a much shorter life span as compared to a peepal tree.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
3. The assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.

Q. The period from birth to the natural death of an organism represents ______

1. life span
2. reproduction
3. life
4. none of the above

Q.

Which of the following is not true about tardigrades?

1. Tardigrades minuscule size hides them from predators.

2. Tardigrades change form to survive without water.

3. They can live in boiling water, solid ice, and the intense radiation of space.

4. They’ve come into existence recently

Q.

Match the following

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Organism}& \text{Life Span}\\ i.\text{Butterfly}& a.2500\text{years}\\ ii.\text{Crow}& b.140\text{years}\\ iii.\text{Tortoises}& c.15\text{years}\\ iv.\text{Banyan tree}& d.1-2\text{weeks}\end{array}$

1. i - a, ii - b, iii - c, iv - d

2. i - b, ii - c, iii - d, iv - a

3. i - d, ii - c, iii - a, iv - b

4. i - d, ii - c, iii - b, iv - a

Q. The period from birth to the natural death of an organism represents ______

1. life span
2. life
3. reproduction
4. none of the above

Q. Match the following organism with its life span
$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{p.}& \text{Fruit fly}& \text{1.}& \text{10 years}\\ \text{q.}& \text{Elephant}& \text{2.}& \text{50 years}\\ \text{r.}& \text{Horse}& \text{3.}& \text{1 month}\\ \text{s.}& \text{Rose Bush}& \text{4.}& \text{60-70 years}\end{array}$

1. p - 3, q - 4, r - 2, s - 1
2. p - 1, q - 3, r - 2, s - 4
3. p - 3, q - 2, r - 4, s - 1
4. p - 3, q - 4, r - 1, s - 2

Q. The period from birth to death of an organism represents

1. Adulthood
2. Life span
3. Juvenile period
4. Reproductive life