AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Falling Leaves The broad leaves of deciduous trees evaporate a lot of water and use a lot of sap. So to prepare for winter, deciduous trees shut down and drop their leaves. As an added benefit, dropped leaves decompose and add nutrients to the soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -A temperate deciduous forest is a biome that has many deciduous trees which drop their leaves in the fall. These forests are also known as broad-leaf forests because the trees have wide, flat leaves. Temperate deciduous forests lie in the mid-latitude areas of the Earth, between the Arctic poles and the tropics.

Detailed explanation-3: -In botany and horticulture, deciduous plants, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials, are those that lose all of their leaves for part of the year. This process is called abscission. In some cases leaf loss coincides with winter-namely in temperate or polar climates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trees of the temperate Deciduous Forests shed their leaves in autumn, i.e., before the arrival of winter season.