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What plant turns its leaves away from the sun to reduse its exposure to the heat?
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Mangroves are able to turn their leaves away from the sun to limit the surface area exposed to the sun. This is done to conserve the water in their leaves.
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What plant in the grassland turns it leaves away from the sun to reduce exposure to the sun?
The plant is called Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum). It has leaves that align themselves in a north-south direction, minimizing direct exposure to the sun's rays and reducing water loss. This adaptation helps the plant to handle the hot and dry conditions of the grassland.
What a the response of a plant to light called?
Phototropism, where the plant "turns" to arrange its leaves for better exposure to light. This process is regulated by growth regulators in the plant. Photo = light Tropism from the Greek "trope" or turning. See picture
Which part of a green plant would lose the most chloroplasts as summer turns to fall?
The leaves lose chloroplasts as summer turns to fall.
How does a flowers life cycle go?
The seed starts than the seed with a root than with leaves. After leaves it turns into a small plant then finally into a plant ( fully grown) and then the cycle starts all over again with the seed from the fully grown plant.
Does the surface area of leaves on a plant affect the degree of the stem when grown upside down?
yes because it turns stiff
If a Boston fern is brown can you bring it back to healthy plant?
If a Boston fern turns brown and I cut the brown leaves down there are few green leaves will it come back
What roles do leaves play in a plant?
the leaves allow carbon dioxide to pass into it and oxygen and water vapours to pass out from the leaves which makes food for the plant. Leaves capture the sun's energy and carry out the food-making process of photosynthesis.
What types of cells are found in leaves?
yes the chloroplast is the stuff that turns the leaf green. in the fall the leaves are orange yellow and red, that is the leafs natural color.
Why are vegetable plants leaves turning yellow?
No, a leaf turns yellow when it doesn't get enough sunlight. The yellow comes from a yellow nutrient in the ground called mispickel.
What do you call a plant response?
Phototropism, where the plant "turns" to arrange its leaves for better exposure to light. This process is regulated by growth regulators in the plant. Photo = light Tropism from the Greek "trope" or turning. See picture
why do plant leaves bubble when completely submerged by water provided their stem is clamped?
it is exhaling oxygen, when doing so under water it turns in to bubble form, the stem has to be clamped so it wont come out the stem instead of the leaves
What process turns leaves into soil?
Decomposition.
