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An elongated leaf tip from which excess water drips off, as found in plants of the rainforest.
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What plants in the Amazon have drip tips?
The plants that are drip tip are the drip tip leaves they drip rain water on the forest floor providing growth for the other plants
How do drip tip leaves adapt to life in the rainforest?
The drip tips act as a tunnel directing water downwards. They have adapted to cope with high rainfall. It is thought that these drip tips allow rain drops to run off quickly. Plants need to shed water to avoid growth of fungus and bacteria in the warm, wet tropical rainforest.
Why drip tip leaves is in tropical rainforest?
Because the rainfall is very often and very heavy, and the water needs to get to the forest floor there are drip tip leaves. They're shaped to a point for easy waterflow and often waxy/slippery to get rid of the water quickly. The tree would also not be able to photosynthesize (produce it's food via the leaves and sun) if the leaves were covered in water.
What do you call water flowing drip by drip from a pipe?
Seep
What are drip tips for?
Drip tips are for the rain to easily drop sorry i only got caps
What plants in the Amazon have drip tips?
The plants that are drip tip are the drip tip leaves they drip rain water on the forest floor providing growth for the other plants
What is the name of the tip of a balloon?
a drip tip...i think
How does the drip tip plant adapt to it's environment?
it is thick and waxy with a special tip at the end so when it rains the water fall right off the tip. therefore the name drip tip
What biometry is the drip tip a common adaptation?
tropical rainforests
Whats the name of the leaf with .special shape to the end of a leaf that lets rain drip off.?
a drip tip. no scientific term.
The water in a drinking straw does not drip out when you press the top of the straw with your thumb or finger tip?
there is no air
Why tip a Bunsen burner at an angle when using?
contaminates will be less likely to drip inside the burner this way
How is a drip tip used for an electronic cigarette?
A "Drip Tip" is the mouth piece used on an advanced (modded) Vape device. Simply put it is a buffer between the heating element and your mouth (lips) to allow the vapor to cool a little, and it prevents "drips" of juice from reaching your mouth (it does not taste good).
Why does your paint gun drip out the tip when you release the trigger?
There is some extra paint in the tube so when you release, it just drips out.
What rhymes with skipped?
Hip, flip,dip,strip,chip,drip,grip,trip,lip,rip,tip,skip.
How do you make fake blood drip?
squirt lot of blood all over your face i like it from the corner of your mouth. stay still with your face straight and it should drip and sort of dry. top tip don't touch fake blood otherwise it will smear.
How do drip tip leaves adapt to life in the rainforest?
The drip tips act as a tunnel directing water downwards. They have adapted to cope with high rainfall. It is thought that these drip tips allow rain drops to run off quickly. Plants need to shed water to avoid growth of fungus and bacteria in the warm, wet tropical rainforest.
