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The reason leaves change color is the yellow and orange colors are in the leaf 24/7. The plants make food from the suns energy and use the food to make chlorophyll. When the sun isn't shining so much in autumn the plant can't make chlorophyll and the yellow and orange colors are visible.
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Why do trees leaves change colors in the fall?
Because in order to prepare to fall, leaves start to break down chlorophyl, their main light absorbing chemical, which has a reflects green light. As it breaks down, other pigments which reflect other colors are easier to see.
What seasonal change causes deciduous trees to lose their leaves in the fall?
Because the leaves get cold and die.
What makes the leaves of a canopy tree change?
what makes the leaves of a canopy tree change
Why do biomes change?
Did you mean biomass. The reason it changes because the biomass come in different substance etc Gas
Why does the colors of the leaves change?
The trees change color in winter (some trees) because the temperature inhibits the synthesis of chlorophyll and therefore the carotenoids or the xanthophyll pigments become in excess in comparison to the chlorophyll resulting in giving different color to the tree.
Is a leaves fall to the ground and begin to rot a chemical or a physical?
It is a chemical change. The substance of the leaves is changing.
If you have learned in biology class that substance called chlorophyll makes leaves green.You guess that perhaps leaves change color because they do not produce chlorophyll when temperatures get color?
formed a hypothesis
Is burning leaves a chemical or physical change?
It is a chemical change anytime you burn something it will most likely be chemical change because something new comes out, for example when you burn the leaves you will get ash which is something the leaves did not have before! your welcome!:)
Is composting leaves a physical or chemical change?
Chemical.
Is burning of leaves physical change or chemical change?
Burning leaves would be a chemical change because once the leaves are burnt, you can't turn the ashes back into leaves.
When a substance changes form but it remains the same substance is it a physical or chemical change?
it would be physical change because physical change is when the substance stays the same
When a substance changes form but it remains the same substance is it a chemical or physical change?
it would be physical change because physical change is when the substance stays the same
Is it a physical or chemical change when a substance changes form but it remains the same substance?
it would be physical change because physical change is when the substance stays the same
Is a leave changing color a physical change or chemical?
I think it is a physical change because if it's a chemical change it would be a whole new substance but it's only a change of color. Re: No it can't be a physical change because it's irreversible. There is a chemical reaction occurring in the leaves, so it should be a chemical change.
Why is a change in the volume of a substance a physical change?
It's because no new substance is formed. It's the same substance just bigger or smaller.
Why does the density of a substance not change no matter how much of the substance you have?
Because density is a "ratio".
Why do leaves change in the winter?
They change color because of the weather change in the fall
