Name: Ye. Hochoaaia Date: he lé Literacy Lab — Why Leaves Wear the oe of. ll Read the following article and fill in the student question guide. Remember to read activel When you're reading a document in detail, it helps if you practice "active reading” by highlighting and underlining key information, and taking notes as you progress. This emphasizes information in your mind, and helps you to review important points later. Doing this also helps you keep your mind focused on the material, and stops you thinking about other things. Title: “Why Leaves Wear the Colors of Fall” Step 1: Identify Key Words Read the comprehension questions below. Then, underline the key words in each question. DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YET! 1. 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Leaves changing color are a tree's way of preparing for a long winter, rather like we put up storm windows and pull warm clothes and blankets out of storage. In summer, the leaves on trees like pin oaks and sugar maples are green because they are chock-full of the green pigment chlorophyll Trees need sunlight to make chlorophyl In tum, chloropbyl uses sunlight’s energy to split water (120) into hydrogen and ox) en. Meanwhile, leaves absorb carbon dioxide gas from the air. The -endprodus o a eeistsatbases (homemade plant food for the tree), and oxygen, released into the air (the gas we need to breathe). The process is called photosynthesis, Along with green chlorophyll, most leaves also contain yellow, orange and_red-orange pigments celled carotenoids. Trees don't need light to make carotenoids. Botanists em er Dil ." because carotenoids absorb some sunlight and (nicely) pass the energy along to chlorophyll. We don't see_much of these deputy pigments (carotene, lycopene and xanthophy/l) in summer, because they are masked by abundant green chlorophyll. i) in summer e But the ever-shortening days of fall mean less daylight and colder weather. ‘The average tree is rushing to save all the nutrients it can for its winter hibernation. Nitrogen and phosphorus are pled fom Jeaves for storage in branches. A layer of corky cells grows between the leaves’ stems and their branches, reducing the leaves’ supply of nutrients and water. With diminished sunlight, water and nutrients, chlorophyll synthesis slows. Old, worn-out chlorophyll breaks down at the usual rate - ironically, sunlight destroys it - so each leaf's stock gradually dwinalee- AIK? as the Breen fades, yellow and orange emerge fear hiding, Unlike the green and yellow pigments, red and purple pigments (anthocyanins, part of the flavonoid class) actually form in leaves in the autumn, tinting leaves scarlet and burgundy. Botanists have long wondered why some trees are genetically programmed to manufacture anthocyanins in the fall. New research indicates that anthocyanins may be a tree's own sunscreen. Anthocyanins are made in a leafs sugary sap, with the help of lots of sun and cool temperatures. Botanists think that anth< eld the leaves’ fading photosynthesis factories from too much sunlight, rather like the pigment melanin hetpe protect our skin from the sun. While the red plgmrents act asa shield, the tree feverishly breaks down and pulls nutrients out of leaves and into its limbs and trunk before leaves drop or die. Anthocyanins may also act like vitamin C or E, scavenging so-called free radicals before they can do oxidizing damage to a fall leaf's fragile structure. In some trees, like sugar maples, the reds of the anthocyanins combined with the yellows of the carotenoids make especially brilliant orange leaves.Step 3: The Main Ideas In your own words, write down the main idea of this article in the Main Idea column. Then provide direct “quotes” from the article in the Quotes column, looking at what you highlighted and underlined. to prove that your main idea is correct. __ Main Idea Direct Quotes to Support Your Main Idea The main iden of whe M284 leaves also contaia jassie 1s the Pact thet \Srrg? 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