Question

Which of the following statements is correct ?
A. All the individuals of a species have exactly the same life span.
B. Smaller organisms always have shorter life span and vice versa.
C. Life span of an organism is the time period from its birth to its natural death.
D. No organism may have a life span of several hundred years.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - c
The period from birth to the natural death of an organism is called its life span. Life span of an organism may be few minutes to several thousand years. Smaller organisms do not necessarily have the shorter life span.