If a person makes a cut through the bark all the way around a tree, it is eventu

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If a person makes a cut through the bark all the way around a tree, it is eventually lethal to the tree because it prevents
A. Water transport to the leaves. B. Sugar transport to the roots. C. Water uptake. D. Photosynthesis. E. Respiration.

If a person makes a cut through the bark all the way around a tree, it is eventually lethal to the tree because it prevents
A. Water transport to the leaves. B. Sugar transport to the roots. C. Water uptake. D. Photosynthesis. E. Respiration.


A. Water transport to the leaves. B. Sugar transport to the roots. C. Water uptake. D. Photosynthesis. E. Respiration.

Explanation / Answer

Option B is the correct answer.

This process is known as girdling.

Girdling of tree's main trunk bark results in eventual death of its tree because the sugar can't be transferred to its roots from their leaves through xylem and phloem.

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