Lifespan of an Organism

Q. Write down the lifespans of the following organisms.
a) Elephant
b) Rose
c) Dog
d) Banana tree
e) Cow
f) Horse
g) Fruit Fly
h) Rice plant
i) Banyan tree

Q.

What is the lifespan of a crocodile?

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

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

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

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

Q. Write down the lifespans of the following organisms.
(d) Banana tree

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. Write down the lifespans of the following organisms.
(h) Rice plant

Q.

Are multicellular organisms capable of independent existence?

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

Q. Which of the following has the longest life span?

1. Banyan tree
2. Banana plant
3. Elephant
4. Parrot

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.

What are the functions performed by the cells in multicellular organisms ?

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. 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.

There is no natural death in single-celled organisms.

1. True

2. False

Q.

Which of the following is not true about tardigrades?

1. Tardigrades change form to survive without water.

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

3. They’ve come into existence recently

4. Tardigrades minuscule size hides them from predators.

Q. The period extending from birth up to the natural death of an individual is called

1. senescence
2. lifespan
3. life cycle
4. reproductive phase

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.

Life span = The time between life and death. True or false?

1. True

2. False

Q. The first mass extinction occurred in

1. Paleozoic
2. Pre Cambrian
3. Mesozoic
4. Cenozoic

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 cranial capacity of Java ape man was about

1. 560 cc
2. 1000 cc
3. 1800 cc
4. 900 cc

Q. Based on physical similarity, which skulls appear to be most closely related?

1. 1 and 2
2. 1 and 3
3. 2 and 3
4. 2 and 4
5. 1 and 4

Q. Identify the given organism and find its maximum life span.

1. Sparrow, $25years$
2. Crow, $30years$
3. Eagle, $40years$
4. Crow, $15years$

Q. The period extending from birth up to the natural death of an individual is called

1. Reproductive phase
2. Life cycle
3. Lifespan
4. Senescence

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

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

Q. $S_1$: Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment.
P: It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one.
Q: His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, makes it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change.
R: And that series of inventions by which man from age by age has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution.
S: Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow swim around us he is in the only one who is not locked in to his environment.
$S_6$: That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man.
The proper sequence should be:

1. QPRS
2. SRQP
3. QRSP
4. SQRP

Q. The period extending from birth up to the natural death of an individual is called

1. Lifespan
2. Reproductive phase
3. Senescence
4. Life cycle