If a tree falls then sunlight becomes available to the surrounding plants, and all oaks are trees. Given these facts, how can sunlight get to plants surrounding an oak among the following options:
- the oak can get wider
 - at or near the margins
 - the oak can fall
 - the oak can stay in place
 - competing for resources
 - hydrogen and oxygen
 - the oak can get taller
 - by indirect light


 

   the oak can fall      