1 

A:  Maples are small bushes less than 10 metres tall with a lot of small trunks coming out of ground level.

B:  Some kinds of maples are shrubs more than 10 metres tall with a number of small trunks originating at ground level.

2

A: Many of the root systems are usually dense and fibrous.

B: Many of the root systems are unusually dense and fibrous.

3

A: Maples are recognized by opposite leaf arrangement.

B: Maples are differentiated by opposite leaf arrangement.

4

A: One species, Box-elder, has naturally compound leaves that usually has a                           simple three or may have five, seven, or rarely nine leaflets.

B: One species, Box-elder, has internally compressed leaves that may be simply trifoliate or may have five, seven, or rarely nine leaflets.

5

A: Maples blossom later in the winter or early in the spring.

B: Maples seed in late winter or early spring.

6

A:  Some maples are an early summer source of pollen and nectar for bees.

B:  All maples are a late spring resource of pollen and nectar for bees.

7  

A:  Seeds occur in distinctive sets each containing an enclosed seed.                         

B:  Seeds happen in nontypical looking pairs each enclosing a contained seed. 

8

A:  Though individually small, the appearance of an entire tree in flower can be beautiful. 

B:  Though each one is small, the effect of an entire flowering tree can really stand out.  

9

A: They are shaped to spin as they fall, carry the seeds a considerable distance by wind.

B: They carry the seeds a short way by wind as they are shaped to rotate and rise. 

10

A:  However, hundreds of thousands of trees release seeds all the time.

B:  However, hundreds of thousands of times, one tree releases seeds.