The following is a list of characteristics of red maple trees: leaves with three main points that are an average of 3 inches long - blooms with small pink flowers in the spring reproduces by creating winged seeds - leaves that turn red and fall off the tree as the days grow shorter Which of the following best determines these traits for the red maple tree? (SC.7.L.161) the instructions on chromosomes inside the cells of the maple tree the impact of animal species that use the maple tree for food and shelter the limitations imposed on the maple tree by resources such as nutrients and water the energy produced during photosynthesis by the chloroplasts in the cells of the maple tree