Who would be blamed when a leaf fell from a tree?

Question

Is it the wind that blew it away? Or the tree that let it go? Or is it the leaf it self which never held tight?

Answer 1

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It isn't the leaf's job to hold on. The leaf's job is to produce energy for the tree, so the leaf itself is free of blame. The wind is exists to move air keeping the world from being stagnant and is required for all life so it cannot be blamed either. The tree must provide the leave with nutrition and position it such that it is useful. So I would suggest that the tree itself has faulted by putting the leave into harms way and not securing it properly. The tree would never suggest that it didnt want some wind to bring fresh sources of CO2, so therefore it cannot blame the wind in any sense.
Boo to the tree for its lack of support.

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tnx 4 d xplanation...godbless

Answer 2

sh*t happens

Answer 3

Why would anyone or anything be blamed for a natural process? Deciduous trees shed their leaves every winter when they go dormant.

Answer 4

i'll blame the 5th grader who needed a leaf for a science project.

Answer 5

the leaf thief

Answer 6

If it fell naturally and wasn't ripped off from the tree, the tree shed it "voluntarilly", and there's no problem at all. If you'd have to blame someone, blame time, for passing and forcing the tree to do so =)

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I study Biology =)

Answer 7

This is an odd question. I enjoyed the poetic explanation given by billgoats79, especially the part about how the tree is at fault for failing to secure the leaf properly. However, the actual villain in this piece is the process of abscission, whereby the leaf gradually stops photosynthesizing, and begins to separate from the branch. As it does this, a zone of separation (abscission) forms between the branch and the base of the leaf. This area of dry, dead cells increases until there is not enough attachment between the leaf and the branch to keep it in place, and it falls. No harm, no foul, it's just autumn.