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World's Largest & Oldest Living Things

The largest living thing in the world is a giant sequoia tree named General Sherman located in California, USA. It is 120 meters tall and 34.9 meters around its trunk, and is estimated to be 2,500 years old. The oldest living thing is a creosote bush in California estimated to be 11,700 years old. Sequoias are huge, coniferous, evergreen trees that originated over 1,000 million years ago. They nearly went extinct during ice ages but two species, giant sequoia and redwood, survive near the Pacific coast of the USA. The creosote bush is a resinous shrub that gives off an odor like creosote.

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World's Largest & Oldest Living Things

The largest living thing in the world is a giant sequoia tree named General Sherman located in California, USA. It is 120 meters tall and 34.9 meters around its trunk, and is estimated to be 2,500 years old. The oldest living thing is a creosote bush in California estimated to be 11,700 years old. Sequoias are huge, coniferous, evergreen trees that originated over 1,000 million years ago. They nearly went extinct during ice ages but two species, giant sequoia and redwood, survive near the Pacific coast of the USA. The creosote bush is a resinous shrub that gives off an odor like creosote.

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Which are the world’s

largest and oldest


living things
By :
Group 1
•Aisyah Arimurti Afandi (01)
•Baiti Nurul Ilma (06)
•Erdya Firdausi Nuzul (11)
•Ferdian Nugroho (12)
•Pandu Kharisma (25)
Which are
the world
oldest livi ’s largest
ng things and
 The largest living thing in the world today is a
Definiton giant sequoia tree, a Wellington, in California in
the United State called ‘General Sherman’.

 This tree is 120 metres tall and 34.9 metres


round its trunk. It is 2500 years old, Sequoias are
huge, coniferous, evergreen trees on the
Description Redwood family, and probably originated over
1000 million years ago. These trees were almost
extreminated by the ice ages, and only this two
species, the giant Sequoia and the Sequoia
survive near the Pacific Coast of the United
States.
 The world’s of this living thing is also in
California. There, a creosote bush is estimated
Description to be 11,700 years old. a related plant is called
‘greasewood’. The creosote plant is a resinous
shrub which gives off an odour like creosote.
There are also some lichens growing on rock
which might be as old.
Creosote Bush
New Words

 Coniferous: kinds of trees that bear cones


 Evergreen: having green leaves throughtout the year.
 Resinous shrub: plant with woody stem that has a sticky substance
that flows out from most plants when cut or injured.
 Odour: smell
 Lichens: plant that grows on rocks, walls,tree-trunks, etc.
Questions
 What was almost exterminated by the ice
ages?
 Where does the sequoia survive?
 What is greasewood?
 What are the characteristics of sequoia
trees?
 What is the uniquely of creosote?

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