1. How can scientists tell the age of a tree by looking at the rings? Explain what that means.
The number of dark rings represents the age in years of the trees. The dark layers used to be the outside bark of the tree.
2. How/why would this be useful?
If you know the age of the tree then you can tell the age approxamate age of everything around the tree.
3. Is this an example of relative or absolute dating?
This is an example of absolute aging because you can tell the exact age of the tree.
4. Provide a picture or a tree ring sample.
I agree with your answer to the first question because you used faacts that you learned and so did I so our answers are similar, And have you considered putting more color into your blog.
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