You drive a nail into a tree that is 10 feet tall,and come back 10 years later.The tree is now 30 feet tall,but the nail is the same distance from the ground.This is because the tree grows up from the

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The apical meristem is responsible for the growth in height of a plant, as it is located at the tips of the stem and branches, and produces new cells that elongate and differentiate into various tissues. Therefore, the nail remains at the same distance from the ground as the tree grew taller from its apical meristem.

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