1. Leaf Adaptations for Plant Survival in Different Environments Luisa , Loret & Alexis
2. Desert Plants Desert Plants can adapt to dry areas. Many of the desert plants have thick or reduced leaves. The plants are usually small and stumpy not big and have lots of leaves flowing everywhere, because then the plants won’t lose that much water. Cactus: The cactus never loses their leaves, they just reduce their size. The cactus depend on Chlorophyll in the outer tissue of their skin and stems to conduct photosynthesis for the making of food. The spines protect the plant from animals, shade it from the sun and also collect moisture. They have shallow and wide root systems, allowing them to get large quantities of water. They can adapt to dry areas because, they store water in the core of the stems and roots.
3. Rainforest Plants Have large leaves so they can absorb maximum sunlight. Rainforest Plants have very shallow roots to absorb nutrients. Buttress Roots: grow out the base of the ground. Purpose: to extend the area where nutrients can be found because soil has poor amount of nutrients. Stomata that are located all over the leaf because it doesn’t need to be careful about the amount of water they may loose. Stomata= (also located on thebottom of the leaf) A rainforest is a very wet environment. Plants are limited in the amount of sunlight they receive because rainforest are very shaded.
13. Have thicker cuticles for sun protection and to prevent water from entering stomata.Stomata on a water plant
14. Photosynthesis and Respiration within a Plant Respiration happens in every single living cell. C6H12O6 + O2 CO2 +H2O + energy Photosynthesis occurs in a plant, where the plant is green (chloroplast) CO2 + H2O C6H12O6 + O2 Chloroplast contains chlorophyll which is what helps make photosynthesis.
