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.
Photosynthesis in a cactus primarily takes place in its green stem or pads. These parts contain chlorophyll, the pigment responsible for photosynthesis, and allow the cactus to convert sunlight into energy. The cactus has adapted to reduce water loss by performing photosynthesis primarily during the cooler night hours.
Carbon dioxide is the gas needed for photosynthesis that enters through the stomata of the cactus stem.
Photosynthesis takes place in the stem of the cactus. Needles are the cactus' equivalent of leaves. But they don't have enough surface area to support photosynthesis or to store photosynthetic byproducts. So the cactus' stem is bigger, taller, and wider than in many other plants. The cactus needs all that extra space to move around and store water, dissolved nutrients, and byproducts of the photosynthetic interaction with sunlight.
Some cactus flower at night as they are pollinated by moths and other nightflying insects.
Cacti produce food through photosynthesis in their green stems, not their leaves. In cacti, the stems have chlorophyll and are adapted to conduct photosynthesis, allowing the plant to create its own food. This adaptation helps cacti survive in arid environments where water loss is a concern.
A cactus is an autotroph. This is because autotrophs make their own food using photosynthesis. A cactus uses photosynthesis to make its own food.
Cactus, like other plants, uses photosynthesis to get energy.
Because it has no true leaves, the only part of a typical cactus that can produce food via photosynthesis is the stem. Through evolution, the leaves have become modified and not form the spines of the cactus, loosing their ability to photosynthesise
Photosynthesis in a cactus primarily takes place in its green stem or pads. These parts contain chlorophyll, the pigment responsible for photosynthesis, and allow the cactus to convert sunlight into energy. The cactus has adapted to reduce water loss by performing photosynthesis primarily during the cooler night hours.
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Carbon dioxide is the gas needed for photosynthesis that enters through the stomata of the cactus stem.
As with any green plant, the cactus produces its own food through photosynthesis.
A cactus makes food like any other plant, by photosynthesis
Photosynthesis takes place in the stem of the cactus. Needles are the cactus' equivalent of leaves. But they don't have enough surface area to support photosynthesis or to store photosynthetic byproducts. So the cactus' stem is bigger, taller, and wider than in many other plants. The cactus needs all that extra space to move around and store water, dissolved nutrients, and byproducts of the photosynthetic interaction with sunlight.
As a cactus is a form of a plant, it will require sunlight for photosynthesis and water to stop it from drying out and to help the cactus plant grow.
A cactus leaves get sunlight and they make photosynthesis and they get water from that and they save the water
Some cactus flower at night as they are pollinated by moths and other nightflying insects.