Multiple choice

Removal of ring wood of tissue outside vascular cambium from the tree trunk kills it because

  1. water cannot move up

  2. food does not travel down and the roots starve

  3. shoot becomes starved

  4. annual rings are produced
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Removal of ring wood of tissue outside vascular cambium causes the tree to be killed because phloem is also removed, which carries food.

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