Reading: Unseen Paanges
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Reading (Passage
(b) Read the following passage carefully.
1) Most trees grow a layer of wood each year. When the tree is cut down, the layers can be seen as
rings in the trunk. And counting the number of rings tells you how old the tree is!
2) Tree rings also speak of the weather changes that have occurred during the life of a particular
tree. In a season of good rainfall, the rings will be thick and during drought, the growth is slowed
down and the rings will be thinner. Trees like the bristlecone pines, sequoias and redwoods of
California are living records of variations in climate for the last 9000 years Studying the changes
in tree ring patterns is a science called 'dendrochronology. Dendrochronology is the dating of
climate changes in the past through study of tree rings to understand life in ancient times
Source: The Hindu
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In the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions briefly.
1) What two things do tree rings indicate?
5) What kind of rings do trees get during the years of: (1) Good rainfall (m) Drought
3) What makes some California trees unique?
1) What does the science of Dendrochronology' study?
3) Suggest a suitable title to the passage in not more than 5 words.
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Answers
The answers to the questions are as follows :
1) The two things that tree rings indicate are how old the tree is and the weather changes that have occurred during the life of the tree.
5) (1) During the years of good rainfall, the tree gets thick rings.
(2) During the years of drought, the tree has thinner rings.
3) The California trees like bristlecone pines, sequoias and redwoods are unique because they are living records of the variations in climate for the last 9000 years.
1) The science of Dendrochronology studies the changes in tree ring patterns.
3) A suitable title for the passage would be : Trees and their rings.
Below are given the answers to the questions.
Explanation:
(a) What two things do tree rings indicate?
Rings in the bark of a tree indicate the age of the tree.
(b) What kind of rings do trees get during the years of: (1) Good rainfall (m) Drought?
During drought tree get thinner rings and during season of good rainfall rings will be thick.
(c) What makes some California trees unique?
California trees show a lot of variations regarding clime change. This is what makes them unique.
(d) What does the science of Dendrochronology' study?
Dendrochronology is the dating of climate changes in the past through study of tree rings to understand life in ancient times.
(e) Suggest a suitable title to the passage in not more than 5 words.
Study of tree structure.