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Let's think about this for a minute and you'll figure it out. Do they need to be protected from extreme temperature? Do they need something to keep water from evaporating too quickly and drying them out? Yes, so they'd need a thick protective cuticle.
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The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a what?
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a cuticle.
Waxy coating that covers the epidermis of a plant?
Cuticle
What makes a leaf on a plant shiny?
It is the waxy cuticle.
What does the thick waxy cuticle do on the epidermis of plants?
It restricts cuticular transpiration
What is a waxy substance that covers the plant and allows the plant to conserve water?
The cuticle
What is the waxy covering of a plant called?
Cuticle
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a what?
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a cuticle.
Waxy coating that covers the epidermis of a plant?
Cuticle
What a cuticle?
a waxy coating on a plant (apex)
What are the spines and thick waxy cuticle on a cactus for?
structural adaptations
Why is the cuticle waxy?
A plantâ??s cuticle is waxy because it actually is a type of wax that is produced by the plant. The purpose of the cuticle is to keep leaves from drying out.
What is waxy waterproof coating on plants is called?
A cuticle is the waxy material that helps plants retain water.
What is a waxy covering on the skin of a leaf?
cuticle it on the leaf for the bugs to eat to keep out posion
What makes a leaf on a plant shiny?
It is the waxy cuticle.
What does the thick waxy cuticle do on the epidermis of plants?
It restricts cuticular transpiration
What does the waxy cuticle help the plants?
The Waxy cuticle in a plant is situated above the upper epidermis. The waxy cuticle provides protection to the epidermis. But the main task of the waxy cuticle is to increase and decrease transpiration of water in a plant accordingly. The cuticle helps in cuticular transpiration of plants and sometimes you can find a shiny cuticle in a plant in order to reflect back the sunlight and prevent transpiration. Having a shiny cuticle is one of the adaptations of a plant to reduce transpiration. These are the 2 main functions of a cuticle.
The surface of a vascular plant is covered by a waxy waterproof layer called?
The cuticle I think
