Monday, October 24, 2011

Fall is here!

About a month ago, my entity had bold green leaves. Today, my entity has green leaves, but they all have at least a bit of red on the ends of them. Some of the leaves are all red, and some are a mixture. This is indicating that Fall is officially here, regardless of the fact that "The Weather Channel" is predicting it to be 76 degrees in B-Town tomorrow. So what is the real reason the leaves on my tree are changing? This is a seasonal change that is occuring because the sun is not warming the leaves as much when the season changes from Summer to Fall (Farmers Almanac Staff 2006). This causes the leaves to use its food storage, which makes the color in the leaves less vibrant (Farmer's Almanac Staff 2006).

Sources Cited:
Farmer's Almanac Staff, (2006, October 23). What causes leaves to change color? Farmer's Almanac. Retrieved from: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/2006/10/23/what-causes-leaves-to-change-color/

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