0
it may or may not depending on speices.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
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.
Why there a chloroplast inside the cell of the stem of a cactus plant?
Cactus are desert plants.Their leaves have turned into thrones.
What desert plant has no leaves but has stems and spines?
A cactus has no leaves but does have a stem.
What desert plant has no leaves but has stem nd called spines?
Cactus
Name the plant grows in desert and stem makes food?
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.
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.
Why does the stem of the cactus perform the function of a leaf?
The stem of a cactus performs the function of a leaf because it has evolved to carry out photosynthesis. In some cacti, the stem is able to produce chlorophyll and carry out photosynthesis, enabling the plant to generate energy from sunlight. This adaptation allows cacti to survive in arid environments where leaves would lose too much water through transpiration.
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.
Where is most of desert plant's photosynthesis carried out?
in a cactus there are no leaves and inplace it has spines so the process take place in its stem
