Scenario
The North American beaver is a large rodent that builds dams to convert freshwater streams into ponds. Beavers build their dams out of trees, which they cut down using their front teeth. Beavers also eat the leaves and bark of trees, as well as the starchy roots of water lilies.
-As a beaver chews from the outside to the inside of a tree, in what order does it encounter plant tissues?

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The beaver would first encounter the cork (outer bark), then the cork cambium, followed by the secondary phloem, then the vascular cambium, and finally the secondary xylem (wood).

Scenario The North American Beaver Is a Large Rodent That Builds