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Which of the following best explains why a change in the temperature causes leaves

to change color?

A. Because it gets cold outside and we have frost

B. Cellular respiration begins to take place and this process is responsible for making the various colors of leaves for plants.

C. The plant dies and new red and orange leaves form to give us the new color

D. Because the plants stop making chlorophyll and that lets us see the other pigments (colors)

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D

Because the cold weather shuts off the chlorophyll production in the cells and the green in the cells slowly drains away and reveals the other pigments that have been there the whole time but are just now being revealed.
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