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Date May 2012 Marks available 1 Reference code 12M.1.HL.TZ1.31
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Deduce Question number 31 Adapted from N/A

Question

A man attaches a bird box to the trunk of a dicotyledonous tree. A few years later he returns to the tree and finds that his bird box is still attached and the tree is much taller. How high will his bird box be from the ground?

A. Unchanged as growth from the apical meristem would be above the box.
B. Unchanged as growth from the lateral meristem would be above the box.
C. Higher as growth from the apical meristem would be below the box.
D. Higher as growth from the lateral meristem would be below the box.

Markscheme

A

Examiners report

N/A

Syllabus sections

Additional higher level » Topic 9: Plant biology » 9.3 Growth in plants

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