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What type of plant has no leaves?
A cactus has no leaves.
How does a cactus make food when it doesn't have leaves?
A cactus makes food through the process of photosynthesis, like any other plant. The difference between a cactus making food from another plant is that cactus have their leaves reduced to spines, therefore, their stem contains chlorophyll and photosynthesis takes place through the stem.
What is the function of cuctus plant leaves?
Cactus plant leaves are typically modified into spines, which serve to reduce water loss by minimizing surface area and providing shade. These spines also help protect the cactus from herbivores. In some species, the stem takes on the primary photosynthetic role, allowing the plant to thrive in arid environments. Overall, the adaptations of cactus leaves are crucial for survival in harsh conditions.
Why there a chloroplast inside the cell of the stem of a cactus plant?
Cactus are desert plants.Their leaves have turned into thrones.
Is cactus a leaf or a stem?
Leaves provide extra surface area for water to evaporate out of the plant. In the arid desert, plants need all the water they can get.
What do the leaves of cactus helps the cactus?
the leaves of a cactus help get the suns nutrition foe the plant to grow None pretty much and formally proper cactus have no leaves only it's convergently evolved cousins do.
How have leaves of a cactus adapt to the desert?
Leaves have evolved into spines on the cactus.
What type of plant has no leaves?
A cactus has no leaves.
What desert plant has no leaves but has stems and spines?
A cactus has no leaves but does have a stem.
What plant have no leaves?
cactus
How do the shapes of leaves help them do their job?
well....... big, round leaves have more surface area so they can absorb more sunlight; cactus leaves are small and thin so not much water evaporate from them. (in case u didnt know, cactus leaves are more commonly known as 'spikes.')
Does a cactus have leaves?
No. Some may be considered as leaves but not really. Christmas cactus for instance grows in thin segmented stalks reminiscent of leaves. Cactus flowers have petal that are leafy and green like leaves but not really leaves. barrel cactus and saquaros obviously have no leafy protrusions beyond their flowers.
How are a cactus leaves adapted to living in the dessert?
A cactus leaves get sunlight and they make photosynthesis and they get water from that and they save the water
Why cactus have spiny leaves?
a cactus has spiny leaves for protection and so the water wont evaporate so easily.
What plant has spiny leaves?
Acanthus and cactus but cactus not really leafy :)
What is the function of leaves on a cactus?
defence. the cacti leaves are the thorns...
How does a cactus make food when it doesn't have leaves?
A cactus makes food through the process of photosynthesis, like any other plant. The difference between a cactus making food from another plant is that cactus have their leaves reduced to spines, therefore, their stem contains chlorophyll and photosynthesis takes place through the stem.
