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What is the substance a cactus uses to make wax for the cuticle?
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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 is the substance uses for plaster of Paris?
glue flour water
What are the examples of pure substance and give their uses?
Examples of pure substance: gold, silver, carbon dioxide, hydrogen
What do cactus eat?
The cactus gets its food by taking in water and dissolved nutrients through the roots. The nutrients and water flow up through the stem. With the help of sunlight, the photosynthetic process takes place of changing water and nutrients into such energizers as sugars and carbohydrates. The energy sources then are sent throughout the plant to help in such basic processes as growing and flowering.
How cactus leaves work?
Typically the leaves of the plant play the greatest role in photosynthesis. However, on cacti, the needles are actually modified leaves. These needles are a characteristic of protection and cannot carry out photosynthesis due to little surface area. Therefore, it is the stem that does the photosynthesis for the plant.
Is cactus an autotroph?
A cactus is an autotroph. This is because autotrophs make their own food using photosynthesis. A cactus uses photosynthesis to make its own food.
Can a cautas make it all food?
I hope you mean cactus because that's what I'm answering to! A cactus uses photosynthesis like any other plant to make its own food. It also uses the natural minerals found in the desert. Hope that helped!
WHAT IS THE NUTRITION of a cactus?
Cactus, like other plants, uses photosynthesis to get energy.
What state has the cactus as their state flower?
Arizona uses the Saguaro cactus flower as the state's flower .
What is the process that uses light energy to make new substance that have chemical energy?
Photosynthesis is the process that uses light energy to make new substances that have chemical energy.
What country uses prickly pear cactus extensively?
An important part of the Mexican culture for centuries, prickly pear cactus is still being used there for medicinal and nutritional purposes.
What types of pigments does a cactus absorb or deflect?
The pigments something reflects is the color of that object. The cactus is green, so it reflects green and uses every other pigment for photosynthesis.
What are the uses of pure substance?
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An organelle in a plant cell that uses the energy from sunlight to make sugar?
Chloroplast. The substance in the chloroplast that does the work is called chlorophyll.
How is cactus' important to animals?
A cactus is not important to most animals, but it is important to animals that depend on it for food or shelter. For example, the tortoise, deer, rabbits, and even some humans even cacti( cactus) and the Gila woodpecker uses cacti, that's big enough, for it's home.
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.
The benefits of cactus spines are similar to the benefits of what?
The benefits of cactus spines are similar to the benefits of the thorns and the leavesof herbaceous plants. The spines act the part of thorns in their defense of the cactus plant's stem, growth buds, and breathing pores. They act the part of leaves in their channeling of any available moisture - be it dew, fog, or rainfall - down to the immediate ground around the cactus. From the ground surface, the drops seep into the soil, to be added to the water table or taken in by the cactus plant's roots.
