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Why is a cactus a fleshy water filled body in the dry hot desert?
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The insides of all plant tissues are fleshy. The cactus is particularly so, because of its adaptation to its native environment. Its native environments are the deserts and jungles of Latin and North America.
In terms of the desert, a cactus needs to hold onto every drop of moisture that its roots get hold of. Once inside, everything is done to keep water and its solutions and related products inside. So the inside is thick and fleshy, to keep water from evaporating through the stem. The breathing pores, or stomata, are controlled by guard cells that approve the entry of gases and disapprove the exit of water. And the entire internal contents are encased in the stem's thick outer covering that is equally hostile to the loss of water and watery products and solutions.
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Why does a cactus have a fleshy water- filled body?
Because that is how it stores water for when it needs it.
How does cactus adapd to desert life?
Cacti are able to store water in their fleshy stems.
What part of the cactus plant helps it to live in the desert?
The cactus has the ability to store water in its fleshy stem so it can survive long periods of drought.
What is in the cactus that enables it to live?
A cactus can store water in its fleshy stem and this enables it to survive periods of drought.
How does a cactus find water?
Cacti store water in their fleshy pulp whenever it rains.
What does a cactus in the desert compete for?
A cactus competes with other plants for water.
How do you find water in the desert?
You can find water in cactus.
How can a cactus stay alive in the desert?
The inside of a cactus is filled with a very sponge-like, fleshy white core. When it rains, or moisture is collected through dew, the cactus absorbs a large amount of water and stores it in the spongy cells, similar to how camels store fat in their humps. When it gets hot again, the cactus feeds very slowly off its new water supply to stay alive. Cacti do not grow very fast. This is because the energy it would take to grow quickly would use up all their stored water they need to survive.
Some desert animal get water from this?
The barrel cactus can be a plant that animals can get water from in the desert.
Differences between cactus and water lettuce?
The main difference between cactus and succulent is that cactus consists of areoles and no leaves whereas succulent contains fleshy leaves and no areoles.
Is there food in the desert?
yes there is, you can get the water from the cactus.
What is the plant that has water in in the desert?
a cactus holds water the most
