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Assoli18 [71]
3 years ago
5

What are two adaptations that a cactus has developed in order to survive in its environment.

Biology
2 answers:
Lina20 [59]3 years ago
5 0
The cactus has adapted a great deal to survive hard conditions. Two examples of these are:

-Thick skin that keeps moisture inside and reflects heat.
-Spikes that keep animals and insects from drinking the water stores inside or eating the plant.
allochka39001 [22]3 years ago
4 0
Some of the adaptations of cactus are:

•Stem turned into thick leaf like green structure, which performs photosynthesis.

•Leave modified to thorns which minimizes transpiration loss of water. Thorns also prevent it from eating by wild animals.

•Its prbably a CAM plant. ( i am not sure about it).
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