Question

Match the items in list 1 (name of animals) with list 2 (life span) and choose the correct alternatives.

	List 1		List 2
A.	Carp	1.	102 years
B.	Cobra	2.	47 years
C.	Turtle	3.	152 years
D.	Giant Tortoise	4.	28 years
E.	Swan	5.	123 years

I. A-2, B-4, C-5, D-3, E-1
II. A-4, B-2, C-5, D-3, E-1
III. A-2, B-4, C-5, D-1, E-3
IV. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-5, E-1

Answer 1

Hint: Animals are eukaryotic multicellular organisms that belong to the kingdom Animalia. Animals are also called Metazoan. Different organisms are categorized depending upon the characteristics, structure, and function they exhibit. The living period or the survival time of each animal is different from one other.

Complete answer:
A wide variation can be seen in the life span of living organisms. The life span of animals depends upon various factors such as quality of living life, the nutrition they obtain, their surroundings, as well as their shelter. The life span of animals also depends upon natural factors such as tsunamis, forest fire, earthquake, and many more. Some animals need to end their life due to the predators that feed upon them. But excluding all these factors animals are considered to have a particular approximate period of life which is called the life span period of an animal. Animals reproduce to produce offspring so that their species would be continued in nature and maintain the process of evolution and variation. Carp is a type of fish which is also called Cyprinus. It is one of the long-lived fish with a life span of about 40 to 50 years. Cobra is a type of snake and its average life span is about 20 years. The average period of life of a swan is about 100 years. Tortoise and turtles are the animals that have the longest period of life span. They can live longer even after 150 years. Therefore, option (I): A-2, B-4, C-5, D-3, E-1, is the correct answer.

A. Carp	2) 47 years
B. Cobra	4) 28 years
C. Turtle	5) 123 years
D. Giant Tortoise	3) 152 years
E. Swan	1) 102 years

So, option (I) is the correct answer.

Note: King cobra is the world’s largest venomous snake. Swans are usually found in temperate regions. They cannot live longer in hot climatic conditions. The giant tortoises found in the Galapagos islands have lived even more than 60 years.