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What part of the cactus plant helps it to live in the desert?

The cactus has the ability to store water in its fleshy stem so it can survive long periods of drought.


What desert plant has no leaves but has stems and spines?

A cactus has no leaves but does have a stem.


Why there a chloroplast inside the cell of the stem of a cactus plant?

Cactus are desert plants.Their leaves have turned into thrones.


Name the plant grows in desert and stem makes food?

cactus


What desert plant has no leaves but has stem nd called spines?

Cactus


What plant stem has thorns that keep predators from eating its flowers?

The desert cactus


How have the stems of a cactus adapted to the desert?

The roots absorb water and that makes the stem grow


What is in the cactus that enables it to live?

A cactus can store water in its fleshy stem and this enables it to survive periods of drought.


Is it true that The stem of the cactus is too thick to hold water?

No, actually the stem of a cactus is adapted to store water. The thick stem allows cacti to survive in dry desert climates by storing water for extended periods of time.


Why does the stem of the cactus perform the function of a leaf?

because as we all know, cactus' do not have leafs, and for mot cactus' that live in the desert or suburban areas there is little rain. so the stem of the cactus does the same job as the leaf does on a normal plant and performs photosynthesis.


What feature of a cactus helps it to adapt?

In most species the stem has evolved to be photosynthetic and succulent,while the leaves have evolved into spines,this helps it adapt to hot and dry environments.


What part of the cactus does photosynthesis?

In a cactus the leaves have been reduced to spines, to reduce the surface area from which water can be lost and to deter animals from eating the plant. As there are no leaves, photosynthesis must take place in the stem.