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A cactus draws nutrients and water through the roots. Water is stored in special cells that swell when filled with water. The skin is covered in a waxy film to prevent loss of water by evaporation.
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∙ 14y agoEnergizing food for the cactus is made in the steminstead of the leaves. Plants make foods from the photosynthetic interaction of water and dissolved nutrients with sunlight. For many plants, that interaction takes place in the leaves. But a cactus plant doesn't have a large enough surface for the interaction to take place in their spiny equivalents of leaves.
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∙ 7y agoIn cactus leaves are absent. Chlorophyll are found in trunk mainly.
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∙ 9y agoCacti produce their own food through photosynthesis.
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What is Nepal cactus?
Cactus itself!
Why did God create cactus?
To feed camels. Camels eat cactus.
How do you get the tortoise to move on poptropica?
Feed him the cactus fig.
Why do bats eat cactus flowers?
They feed on the nectar
What do turtle use to feed itself?
the turtle eat some small fish and shrimp as main feed.
What is the cactus fruit for on poptropica?
Feed it to the tortoise in the Kaya Forests.
What desert animal eats the saguaro cactus?
No desert animals actually feed on the plant itself. However, bees, bats and some birds do feed on the nectar and/or pollen of the saguaro flower and some animals feed on the sweet fruit produced by the plant if it falls to the ground making it accessible.
Who do you use cactus in a sentences?
Do not pet the cactus.
What is cactus's predator?
Birds or other animals that feed on it for water. : D
What would happend to the cactus population if too many rabbits feed on them?
Tha cactus popularion would begin to migrate northern
Is a cactus is a producer?
Yes, a cactus is a producer. It makes energizing food from the photosynthetic interaction of sunlight with the plant's water, minerals, and dissolved nutrients. That food feeds the cactus, and cactus body parts may feed the consumers of the food chain.
Is a cactus a producers?
Yes, a cactus is a producer. It makes energizing food from the photosynthetic interaction of sunlight with the plant's water, minerals, and dissolved nutrients. That food feeds the cactus, and cactus body parts may feed the consumers of the food chain.
