If you had nailed an object to a young tree at a height of four feet off the ground and then returned after the tree had grown for several years, the object would still be four feet off the ground. Why has the object not moved further from the ground as the tree grew?

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A: Reproduction  The process by which new organisms are produced from existing ones.

Q: Conifers are well adapted to cold and dry conditions. List at least three reasons why this is.

A: Conifers are the cone-bearing plants belonging to the Gymnospermae phylum.

Q: Explain the differences between deciduous and evergreen trees comprehensively.

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Q: What plant tissue has cells that are dead at maturity? a. Xylem c. Ground b. Phloem d. Dermal

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Q: Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?

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Q: How much weight on average does a growing sugar maple tree gain every year?

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Q: What do you think is the reason why some roots develop under the leaves?

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Q: when the plant grows, where does the mass of the plant come from?

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