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Small leaves minimize water loss.
They minimize water loss
Small leaves minimize water loss.
Smaller leaves limit the loss of water through transpiration.
Small leaves have less stomata which means that is less water that is taken from the leaf (transpiration).
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Due to conditions of desert
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Basically, to reduce the loss of water through their leaves. Some desert plants have a waxy coating on their leaves to do the same.
Leaves that have a small surface area lose less water.
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A cactus has adapted by making it's leaves into small spikes so it has a small amount of surface area so that a small amount of water is let out through the leaves. no, actually a catus has spikes that are its leaves that it uses as its structural adaptation it has its fleshy body that stores water as its physiological adaptation.cactii lives in deserts long due to its great storage of water protective adaptations...