Reading Unseen Passages
English 6
Reading (Passage)
1(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
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions briefly.
(a) What two things do tree rings indicate?
(b) What kind of rings do trees get during the years of: (1) Good rainfall (ii) Drought
(c) What makes some California trees unique?
(d) What does the science of 'Dendrochronology'study?
(e) Suggest a suitable title to the passage in not more than 5 words.
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