Question

a) How can you tell the age of a plant
from its stem?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

There are a number of ways the age of a plant or tree can be tell, depending on whether the plant or tree is alive (and standing) or dead.

For dead trees/plants (fossils), carbon dating is the commonly used method, where the amount of carbon-14 remaining in the fossil gives an accurate estimate of its age. As mentioned, this method is used for fossils (things that have been dead for a while).

For a recently dead tree/plant, you can simply count the number of tree rings. Rings are developed at the rate of one per year, and a count of the rings will directly tell you its age.

For a tree/plant that is alive and standing, the age can be calculated without cutting it by using an increment borer. The borer bores into the tree up to its center and gives you an estimate of number of rings. Counting the rings will give the age in years.

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