Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 520
Question: A hundred year old tree which shows well marked annual rings in its trunk will have
Options:
A) An irregular number of annual rings which may increase or decrease all along the length of the stem
B) More than hundred annual rings at the base and only about 50 rings at the apex
C) Only about a hundred annual rings at the base and an uniformly decreasing number of annual rings towards the apex
D) The same number of annual rings from the base of its trunk to its apex
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
The number of annual rings in the oldest part of the tree corresponds to it?s age an uniformly decreasing number of annual rings towards the apex shows that is the younger part of the tree.
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