Multiple choice

How can you tell the age of most trees?

  1. By counting the rings on the trunk

  2. By measuring the tree's height

  3. By measuring the tree's width

  4. By counting the number of leaves a tree has

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Explanation

Dendrochronology is the study of tree rings. Each ring typically represents one year of growth, allowing one to estimate the age of most trees.