Each of the trees described below could perhaps qualify as the biggest tree in the world....

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Each of the trees described below could perhaps qualify as the biggest tree in the world. Compare these trees. Why can reasonable people differ about which tree is biggest? Tree 1: General Sherman is a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park in California. It is 275 feet tall and has a circumference (at its base) of 103 feet and a volume of 52,500 cubic feet. Tree 2: General Grant is a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park in California. It is 268 feet tall and has a circumference (at its base) of 108 feet and a volume of 46,600 cubic feet. Tree 3: Mendocino tree is a redwood tree near Ukiah, California. It is 368 feet tall and has a diameter of 10.4 feet, which means that its circumference should be about 33 feet. Tree 4: A Banyan tree in Kolkata, India, has a circumference of 1350 feet (meaning the circumference of the whole tree, not just the trunk) and covers three acres. Tree 5: A tree in Santa Maria del Tule near Oaxaca, Mexico, is 130 feet tall and is described as requiring 40 people holding hands to encircle it. Each of the trees described below could perhaps qualify as the biggest tree in the world. Compare these trees. Why can reasonable people differ about which tree is biggest? Tree 1: General Sherman is a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park in California. It is 275 feet tall and has a circumference (at its base) of 103 feet and a volume of 52,500 cubic feet. Tree 2: General Grant is a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park in California. It is 268 feet tall and has a circumference (at its base) of 108 feet and a volume of 46,600 cubic feet. Tree 3: Mendocino tree is a redwood tree near Ukiah, California. It is 368 feet tall and has a diameter of 10.4 feet, which means that its circumference should be about 33 feet. Tree 4: A Banyan tree in Kolkata, India, has a circumference of 1350 feet (meaning the circumference of the whole tree, not just the trunk) and covers three acres. Tree 5: A tree in Santa Maria del Tule near Oaxaca, Mexico, is 130 feet tall and is described as requiring 40 people holding hands to encircle it.

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Tree 12 can be considered same as there is very less difference between their height... View the full answer