If You Were Able to Walk into an Opening Cut

question 21

Multiple Choice

If you were able to walk into an opening cut into the center of a large redwood tree, when you exited from the middle of the trunk (stem) outward, you would cross, in order, ________.

• A) the annual rings, new xylem, vascular cambium, phloem, and bark
• B) the secondary xylem, cork cambium, phloem, and periderm
• C) the vascular cambium, oldest xylem, and newest xylem
• D) the secondary xylem, secondary phloem, and vascular cambium

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