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Which carbon fixation pathway is used by cactuses and other desert plants?
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C3 Photosynthetic pathways are the carbon fixation pathways used by cacti and other such desert plants. In this type of carbon fixation pathway there are 3 initial products that contain 3-carbon compounds.
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Why photosynthesis takes place early in the morning in many desert plants?
Using an alternative C4 pathway, desert plants photosynthesize early in the morning in order to generate energy when it is cooler and more moist. Later in the day photosynthesis slows and stomata close in order to conserve moisture.
C4 plants occur more commonly in desert conditions because?
they can fix carbon at the lower CO2 concentrations that develop when the stomata are closed
Why are there no tall trees in the desert?
Yes. Some plants have long roots to get water deep in the soil, or branched roots to get water over a wide area. With thick waxy layer on the stems and leaves, water can be retained and the tissues are protected from strong sunshine. Some plants have pin-like leaves to reduce water loss.
How desert plants carry out photosynthesis?
desert plants take up carbon dioxide at night and prepare an intermediate which acted upon by the energy absorbed by the chlorophyll during the day
Land to dry or cold to grow many plants?
Desert
Where can you get water from to drink in the desert?
Some cactuses in the desert have water in them
What are the examples of exotic desert fruits?
cactuses
How do barrel cactuses reproduce in the desert?
By seed.
What vegetation regions has low bushes and cactuses?
The desert.
What are plants in the Syrian Desert?
cactuses ironwood and bushes
Animals drinking from cactuses?
animals drink from cactuses because there is no other source of liquid in the desert except for precipitation
Are cacti in the desert really alive?
Yes Cactuses are Alive because it is a Plant and Plants are Living Things so the Science Theory Proves that Cactuses are Alive in the Desert.
What kind of vegetation lives in the desert?
well it depends on which desert but mostly cactuses and weeds
Do any animals in the desert make their own food?
cactuses
How many cactuses make up a desert?
A desert need not have ANY cacti to be called a desert. A desert is simply a large region that is rather dry.
What type of plants live in the desert?
Biomes.
What are some of the land features in the desert?
sand dunes, rocks, cactuses trees, wadis (type of occasional river)
