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On a warm afternoon, Mina held a green leaf beneath the maple tree. She wondered why leaves changed color before they fell.
Why Do Leaves Change Color Before They Fall?Leaves change color when trees stop making much green chlorophyll, letting hidden yellows, oranges, and reds show through.
1. On a warm afternoon, Mina held a green leaf beneath the maple tree. She wondered why leaves changed color before they fell.
2. Mina examined the leaves. They were busy making food for the tree in the bright summer sun.
3. But Mina had seen yellow, orange, and red leaves too. Where had those colors been hiding?
4. Mina asked the maple tree, but trees do not answer with words. So she watched carefully.
5. Then autumn arrived. The days grew shorter, and the nights grew cooler.
6. The tree began making much less green chlorophyll. The green color slowly faded from each leaf.
7. Under the green, other colors had been waiting all along. Yellow and orange stepped out first.
8. Soon, red joined them. The tree looked as if it had hung little suns and embers in its branches.
9. Mina wrote down what she had discovered. The bright colors were not new paint. They had been hidden in the leaves.
10. At last, the leaves let go and fell to the ground. Mina understood why.
11. Leaves change color when trees stop making much green chlorophyll, letting hidden yellows, oranges, and reds show through.
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