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Question

The age of tree, in years, can be ascertained by:

  1. its weight
  2. its height
  3. the number of its annular rings
  4. length of its root

Answer:

Option C: the number of its annular rings

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “the number of its annular rings”.

Age of a tree can be estimated by counting the number of annual rings in a cut stem.