If You Were Able to Walk into an Opening Cut

question 26

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
• E) the summer wood, bark, and phloem

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Definitions:

Vagina

The muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in females, part of the reproductive system.

Womb

Another term for the uterus, the reproductive organ in females where fetal development occurs.

Uterus

A primary organ in the female reproductive system of numerous animals, including humans, that serves as the site for fertilization and subsequent gestation of offspring prior to delivery.

Follicles Development

The process involving the maturation of ovarian follicles, which can result in the release of an egg during the menstrual cycle.