You cut down the tree in your great-great grandmother's backyard to analyze the tree rings.What type of data would this be?

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Analyzing tree rings would give information about a past climate, which falls under the category of paleo-proxy records. The other choices do not apply as they relate to different types of data such as monitoring current climate (instrumental record), studying past events through written records (historical record), examining fossils (paleontological record), or analyzing pollen deposits (pollen record). Additionally, cutting down a tree may not be the most ethical or sustainable way to obtain data.

You Cut Down the Tree in Your Great-Great Grandmother's Backyard