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Are pitcher plants leaves or flowers?
They are modified leaves
What do thorns do?
Cactus spines prevent moisture loss from plants. Spines also defend the plants from grazing animals. The spines are just modified leaves.
What are some examples of modified leaves and how do they differ from regular leaves?
Some examples of modified leaves include tendrils, spines, and storage leaves. Modified leaves differ from regular leaves in their structure and function. Tendrils are thin and flexible, used for climbing and support. Spines are sharp and protective, deterring herbivores. Storage leaves are thick and fleshy, storing water and nutrients for the plant.
What are modified leaves called that are found on embryonic plants?
The modified leaves that are found in embryonic plants are called cotyledons. Cotyledons are the first leaves produced by the plant. They are not true leaves and are considered to be seed-leaves because they are a part of the seed or embryo of the plant.
What are five additional functions that modified leaves can perform?
Storage: Modified leaves can store water, nutrients, and food reserves. Protection: They can have thorns, spines, or hairs to deter herbivores or provide physical protection. Reproduction: Leaves can be modified into structures for vegetative reproduction, such as plantlets or bulbils. Climbing: Some modified leaves, like tendrils, can help plants climb and support themselves. Trapping: Certain modified leaves, like those of carnivorous plants, can capture and digest small prey.
Which plant has flowers but no real leaves?
A Cactus - it has a modified stem which produces flowers, but no leaves.
Are flowering parts modified vegetative leaves?
yes, because you can make salad from the leaves...
What are the modified leaves of a cactus?
Cactus leaves are modified, because they're characterized by smaller surface areas. Those cactus plants that have modified leaves have them as thorns, spines, spikes, quills, prongs or bristles. So the cactus leaf has a narrower, thinner look than the leaves of deciduous plants.The reason for this modified look is the effort to keep water loss to a minimum. Water is lost at a lower rate and in smaller quantities over a smaller surface area. Additionally, the narrower, thinner look helps the modified leaf to direct any available moisture on its surface to drip to the ground. On the ground, the drops seep into the soil, where they can be taken up by the cactus plant's network of fibrous, shallow roots.
What are modified leaves that are found on embryonic plants called?
The modified leaves that are found in embryonic plants are called cotyledons. Cotyledons are the first leaves produced by the plant. They are not true leaves and are considered to be seed-leaves because they are a part of the seed or embryo of the plant.
2 examples of modified leaves?
Onion bulb: The fleshy scales of an onion bulb are modified leaves that store nutrients for the plant. Pitcher plant: The pitcher-shaped leaves of a pitcher plant are modified to trap and digest insects for additional nutrients.
What are modification of parts of plants?
The individual parts of a flower are all modified leaves (everything. Sepals, petals, anthers, and carpels) the flower itself is just a collection of these modified leaves
How would an adaptation such as air bladders benefit seaweed?
The air bladders would hold the main stem of the weed erect, Seaweed, being a shallow water plant, would be able to have more of it's leaves struck by the sun.
