Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 523
Question: A timber merchant told to the customer that log of wood he is purchasing belongs to 20 years old tree. He did so by
Options:
A) Measuring wood log
B) Counting annual rings
C) Counting cork layers
D) Measuring breadth of wood
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Because the number of annual rings in the oldest part of the tree corresponds to its age.
Calculation of age of the tree by counting annual rings is called Dendrochronology.
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