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The redwood groves in Northern California are one of America's greatest natural resources. Redwoods can live more than 2,000 years and grow taller than 350 feet. When tourism became popular in the late 1800s, large tunnels were cut through the center of several of these giant trees to allow wagons to pass through (and to attract tourists to the location). Even today, visitors wait in line to be photographed driving their cars through a tunnel. When the groves were converted into national parks, the tunneling was discontinued, but several tunneled trees are still alive.
-Which of the following correctly lists the sequence of tissues a tunnel would pass through (starting from the outer surface of the tree and passing through the central core)?

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The outermost layer of a tree is the cork layer, followed by the cork cambium, which produces more cork cells. Next comes the secondary phloem, which transports nutrients down the tree, followed by the vascular cambium, which produces new layers of phloem and xylem. The sapwood, where water and minerals are transported up the tree, is next, and the oldest, non-functioning part of the tree is the heartwood. Therefore, the correct sequence is: cork, cork cambium, secondary phloem, vascular cambium, sapwood, heartwood.

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