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Cacti Adaptations
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Sunlight + Water + Carbon Dioxide Oxygen, Water, Glucose
How do plants make their own food???
Photosynthesis!!!
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Transpiration
When the leaves open up to release oxygen to the air, water is also released.
Cacti live in the desert where there is little water so losing water through transpiration is deadly!
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Roots
• Spread out wide from the plant • Grow close to the ground’s surface • Collect surface water
Fibrous Roots Taproots
• Anchor the cacti • Store food want water deep underground away from hot and dry weather • Reach deeper water supply
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Root Hairs
• Root hairs grow quickly on fibrous roots when there is rain so the cacti can collect the smallest amount of water.
• After the ground dries, root hairs die so the cacti doesn’t have to use any water or energy to maintain them.
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Spines/Leaves
Spines don’t lose water!
White dense spines help reflect sunlight!
Spines provide shade!
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Stems
Stems
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Stems
Cacti stem is thick and fleshy to store lots of water!
Stem has waxy waterproof coating to help keep water in the cacti.