If You Were to Drive a Nail into the Trunk

question 59

Multiple Choice

If you were to drive a nail into the trunk of a tree and come back 10 years later,where would you find the nail?

• A) Higher than where you drove it in because,as the trunk lengthens,the nail will move upward.
• B) At the same height that you originally placed it because trees grow in length only at their tips.
• C) Lower than where you drove it in because plants grow down from their shoot apical meristems,continuously pushing the trunk underground.
• D) In the branches because the dermal tissues move up the trunk,whereas the ground tissues move down as a result of growth.

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