The trees need to rest so the do not need as many leaves to make food and use water, so the leaves dry up and eventually fall to the ground.
What is the reason for leaves changing color in the fall?
100
Pigment
What is another word for color?
100
A maple leaf.
What is the type of leaf that comes from the tree that makes maple syrup?
100
Oak, Elm, Birch, Hawthorn, Chokeberry, Japanese Maple, Ash, Sycamore, Chestnut etc.
What is a name of a leaf found in Connecticut, besides maple?
200
The veins.
What is the lines that carry food and water in the leaf?
200
South Atlantic, Gulf Coast, South West and South East.
What is a region of the United States that does not get to witness leaves changing color?
200
Brown.
What is the color that all leaves eventually turn?
200
The leaves decompose and put nutrients back into the soil that the tree can absorb through its root system.
What is happening when leaves stay on the ground?
200
Serrate.
What is a type of margin on a leaf?
300
The petiole.
What is the stem also called?
300
Almost 3 full seasons, spring, summer and most of fall.
What is the number of seasons that leaves are on all trees in New England?
300
Evergreen, dark green, (needles).
What is the color of leaves that do not change color in the fall?
300
The make food (sugar) for the tree using sunlight, chlorophyll and water.
What is the function of leaves on a tree?
300
Pumpkin carving, apple picking, hiking, sightseeing, attending fairs, festivals, apple harvests, hayrides, corn mazes etc.
What is the common fall activities in New England?
400
The apex.
What is another name for the tip of a leaf?
400
Fall, the buds are made from the extra sugar stored and begin to form. The do not fully grow into leaves until after winter.
What is the season that happens when the new buds of leaves grow on trees?
400
Shades of green.
What is the color that leaves are during the spring and summer because of chlorophyll?
400
No, there are different variations of color combinations each year. No year is identical, but they may seem similar.
What is do tree leaves always change the same colors each year?
500
A margin.
What is the name of the edge of a leaf?
500
The summer season because there is the most sunlight for the longest periods of time.
What is the season that the most sugar (food) for the tree is made in?
500
Leaves show certain colors because there is no more chlorophyll covering them up. The human eye sees only the colors that are reflected. The colors that are not visible are absorbed into the leaf.
What is the reason for certain pigments showing in leaves?
500
The Oak leaf.
What is Connecticut's state leaf?
500
Through the root system.
What is another way the the tree absorbs water or nutrients?