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Why is summer wood thicker than spring wood?
It is not that it is thicker it is more denser The annular rings of the tree in the summer grow closer together because their is less rain. In the winter the rain swells the new rings; making them thicker to look at.
What does the width of rings in a tree cross-section indicate?
due to the climate if its sunny or rainny climate.
Do tree rings get smaller or bigger due to drought?
If the rings of a tree are far apart, then the tree received plenty of water and nutrients that year, and the temperature was suitable for the tree to thrive, because the cambium layer of the tree was able to produce more cells, making more wood in between rings. If two rings are very close together, then the tree either did not have enough water, the temperature was too cold or too hot, or both, because the cambium layer did not produce as many cells, meaning less wood in between rings.
What do the rings in tree trunks tell you?
Tree rings or annual rings tell how old the tree is.
What do the rings on a clams shell mean?
The rings on a clam shell are an indicator of age. Like the rings in a tree stump, each ring represents another year.
What kind of information do tree rings give?
They give how old the tree is. Like if the tree has 800 rings, it is 800 years old. how many rings determine how old the tree is.
What is the study of tree rings called?
Dendrochronology is the study of the age and history of a tree and includes the study of tree rings.
What are the rings on the top section of a tree trunk?
the rings on the top section of a tree trunk tell the age of the tree
What do wide and narrow tree rings mean?
Trees that grow under good conditions have a wide ring growthThose growing under poor conditions produce narrow rings.
What do rings have to do with science?
There are naturally occurring rings, like tree rings and the rings of Saturn.
What causes tree rings?
Tree rings are the sign of the age of the tree. Each ring is laid down each year.
What do the rings in wood mean?
each ring is the 1 year life cycle of that tree. Each year a tree will produce a new ring
