Question: While studying the rings in a fossilized tree trunk, a scientist notices a group of rings that are closer together than the other. This means that
Choices:
text: the trees had more sunlight for those years
label: A
text: the trees were dead during those years
label: B
text: during those years, there was less precipitation
label: C
text: the trees had extra water those years
label: D
Answer: C
Fact: as the amount of available water decreases , tree-growth rings will become narrower