Information and IdeasEasy–MediumFinding supporting a claim about a tree's age
Information and Ideas practice question
A ranger claims that the oak by the gate is more than three hundred years old.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the ranger's claim?
- A. A core sample from the oak shows 340 annual growth rings.Correct
- B. The oak is the tallest tree in the park.
- C. Oaks can live for many centuries.
- D. The oak has a hollow trunk.
Answer: A. A core sample from the oak shows 340 annual growth rings.
Growth rings count the years directly.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The oak is the tallest tree in the park.
- Height doesn't give age.
- C. Oaks can live for many centuries.
- A general fact, not this tree's age.
- D. The oak has a hollow trunk.
- Hollowness suggests age vaguely but doesn't measure it.
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