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Information and Ideas practice question
To estimate the age of the yew, the surveyors did not core it: the trunk is hollow, so a core would tell them nothing. Instead they measured its girth and compared it with yews of known planting date across the county, a method that gives a range rather than a year but that, for hollow trees, is the only one available.
According to the text, why did the surveyors measure the yew's girth instead of taking a core?
- A. The trunk is hollow, so a core would provide no information.Correct
- B. Coring is illegal.
- C. Girth gives an exact planting year.
- D. The yew was too tall to core.
Answer: A. The trunk is hollow, so a core would provide no information.
A hollow trunk defeats coring.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Coring is illegal.
- Not mentioned.
- C. Girth gives an exact planting year.
- Girth gives only a range.
- D. The yew was too tall to core.
- Height is not mentioned.
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