If You Carve Your Initials in the Trunk of a Tree,will

question 34

Multiple Choice

If you carve your initials in the trunk of a tree,will they move up as the tree grows?

• A)Yes,because secondary growth will cause them to move up.
• B)Yes,because growth continues in all parts of a plant throughout its life.
• C)Yes,because a tree elongates from the ground up.
• D)No,because elongation occurs just below the tips of growing stems in the apical meristems.