Question

i) What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?
ii) How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?

Answer 1

Hint:
-Mr Wonka is an inventor who makes people younger but wants to make them older.
-Mr Wonka started thinking about the oldest thing in the world and what lives longer than anything else.

Complete answer:
Mr Wonka wanted to make people older. That's why he used to collect old things so he can research them and invent an item that can make people old. Mr. Wonka has mentioned some very oldest things : “a 4000 years Bristlecone pine tree, 168 years old Russian Farmer, 200 years old tortoise, 51 years old horse, 36 years old cat, 36 year old flea , 207 years old rat, 97 years old Grimalkin and 700 years old Cattaloo”

i) What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?
Mr wonka mentions following trees :
-douglas fir
-Oak
-Cedar
-Bristlecone pine trees live the longest.
-He says Bristlecone pine trees live the longest.

ii) How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?
 Bristlecone pine trees live for 4000 years and it can be found on slopes of wheeler park Nevada.

Note:
Oldest things on earth are :
i) Jack Hills Zircon is 6 million years old and is from australia’s jack hills
ii) Hematite tube is old fossil of 4 billion years old and is found in canada
iii) Stromatolites are layered stones made from cyanobacteria fossil and are Around 3.5 billion years old
iv) Lake Baikal is also called as the world’s oldest lake and it is 40 million year old.