Question

Believe it or not, the tundra is like the desert in one very important way. The similarity results in plants with a like adaptation to their environment. How are these two biomes alike and what adaptation do plants living in each biome share?
a. Low light intensity; long life cycles.
b. Strong, cold, drying winds; low growing in clumps.
c. Low rainfall and available water; waxy coating on leaves to prevent drying.
d. Low temperatures; silver-gray hairs on leaves provide a greenhouse effect so plants stay warm.

Answer 1

Both tundra and deserts receive very little precipitation, and it can even happen that some places in a tundra receive more precipitation than some places in a desert! As a result the plants in both tundra and a desert have a waxy coating on leaves. - The correct answer is c. 

Answer 2

The answer is C. Low rainfall and available water; waxy coating on leaves to prevent drying.