I'v been looking all over the web, but I can't seem to come up with a good response to this: "Describe 2 ways in which maple trees are suited to survive through the winter."

Any ideas?

Maple trees drop their leaves and the sap stops running in cold weather. This site has more details.

http://www.baby-food.cn/how-does-a-tree-survive-in-winter-if-there-is-no-sunlight-to-make-chlorophyll/

Great! That helped a lot, thanks. :)