Looking at a trees cross section shows that each ring is made up of a darker colored area called summerwood and a lighter area called:

GENERAL FORESTRY

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Looking at a tree’s cross section shows that each ring is made up of a darker colored area called summerwood and a lighter area called:

A	springwood
B	fall wood
C	winterwood
D	darkwood

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -As growth slows toward the end of summer, smaller, thicker-walled cells known as latewood are produced; and these usually appear darker in color in a tree cross-section.

Detailed explanation-2: -The faster growth of early spring makes large cells that are light in color, the lighter colored area is called earlywood or springwood. Summer growth, which is slower, produces cells that are smaller and darker in color, these dark regions are called latewood, or summerwood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each year, the tree forms new cells, arranged in concentric circles called annual rings or annual growth rings. These annual rings show the amount of wood produced during one growing season.

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