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What are the disadvantages of a cactus having sharp spines instead of leaves?
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to protect it self from other animal
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How is temperature a limiting factor for a cactus in a desert?
hot temperatures evaporate water so the cactus must make sure he can contain all of his water within him without having porous leaves (instead he has spines) to release the water. He uses the skin to undergo photosynthesis instead of the leaves that other plants use.
What plants manufacture food in their stem instead of leaves?
Leafless cactus plants
What type of plant has no leaves?
A cactus has no leaves.
Why there a chloroplast inside the cell of the stem of a cactus plant?
Cactus are desert plants.Their leaves have turned into thrones.
Is cactus a leaf or a stem?
Leaves provide extra surface area for water to evaporate out of the plant. In the arid desert, plants need all the water they can get.
How is temperature a limiting factor for a cactus in a desert?
hot temperatures evaporate water so the cactus must make sure he can contain all of his water within him without having porous leaves (instead he has spines) to release the water. He uses the skin to undergo photosynthesis instead of the leaves that other plants use.
How many leaves does a cactus grow every year?
None! Cacti grow spines instead of leaves.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of producing many small leaves instead of fewer large leaves?
An advantage of a plant or tree having small leaves is not needing much water.
What plants manufacture food in their stem instead of leaves?
Leafless cactus plants
How have leaves of a cactus adapt to the desert?
Leaves have evolved into spines on the cactus.
Does a cactus have leaves?
No. Some may be considered as leaves but not really. Christmas cactus for instance grows in thin segmented stalks reminiscent of leaves. Cactus flowers have petal that are leafy and green like leaves but not really leaves. barrel cactus and saquaros obviously have no leafy protrusions beyond their flowers.
What is the large desert cactus in the US deserts that stores large amounts of water and has spines instead of leaves?
The saguaro cactus is the largest cactus in the United States. It occurs primarily in Arizona and parts of northern Mexico.
Are cactus plants trees?
They are succulent plants, having thick fleshy leaves or stems to store water
What do the leaves of cactus helps the cactus?
the leaves of a cactus help get the suns nutrition foe the plant to grow None pretty much and formally proper cactus have no leaves only it's convergently evolved cousins do.
What type of plant has no leaves?
A cactus has no leaves.
What desert plant has no leaves but has stems and spines?
A cactus has no leaves but does have a stem.
What plant have no leaves?
cactus
