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How does a small surface area per unit volume help cacti live in areas that are dry for long periods of time?
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Any living thing that has a low surface area per unit of volume will lose less moisture to evaporation than a living thing with a high surface area to volume ratio.
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How do you replant six cactus's at one time?
It depends on which thing belonging to six cacti (or cactuses) you wished to replant.
How many cactuses make up a desert?
A desert need not have ANY cacti to be called a desert. A desert is simply a large region that is rather dry.
What are the nouns that plural in form and meaning?
There are a number of noun groups in English that sound plural in the singular form.Nouns are a shortened form of 'a pair of...' (pair is singular). Those include such things as pants, shorts, scissors, shears, eyeglasses, binoculars, etc. The plural forms are pairs of pants, pairs of binoculars, pairs of tweezers, etc.Nouns that end in -is in the singular and -es in the plural; for example axis to axes, basis to bases, crisis to crises, oasis to oases, etc.Nouns that end in -us in the singular and -i in the plural; for example alumnus to alumni, cactus to cacti, octopus to octopi, radius to radii, etc. (note that cactuses, octopuses, and radiuses are now also being accepted as the plural forms)Nouns called aggregate nouns; words that are used for the singular and the plural; for example, accommodations, archives, communications, congratulations, stairs, news, etc.
Does the leaf have a large or small surface area to volume ratio?
the surface area of LEAVES depends. Pine needles and cacti have small surface areas banana leaves, philodendron leaves, and other tropical plants have gigantic ones. it all depends on where the plants are endemic to.
How many cacti are there in the desert?
Deserts cover such vast areas that it is impossible to determine the number of cacti.
Why don't cacti dry out in the desert?
Cacti are able to store water in their stems during times of rain to use during periods of drought.
Do bobcats live in cacti?
No, they live in forests, mountains,deserts,and swamps.
What is a cactus adaptation in the desert?
Most cacti are able to store water in their stems for periods of drought.
Which biome would experience long dry periods and have plants such as cacti?
well that would be drout
Do lions live near cacti?
Some lions live in areas that have cacti, but cacti are not necessarily part of their habitat.
Can a cactus grow in the Atacama Desert with no rain for 400 years?
Cacti can not grow in most areas of the desert. However, there are a few areas that receive dense fog off of the Pacific Ocean and the condensation from this fog allows cacti to grow in these areas.
Do cacti live in the Victorian Desert?
Cacti are natives only to North and South America and not to Australia. Any cacti found in Australia were introduced by humans and in some areas they have become a noxious invasive species.
Why don't cacti grow in the mountains?
BECOUSE CACTI CAN NOT GROW IN COLD and high places
How many cacti are in the desert?
Cacti are only natives of the Americas. Considering the vast areas of desert terrain in the Americas, it is impossible to do an accurate census of cactus plants.
What are the plants that have scales or spines instead of leaves that are found in dry areas?
Cacti :D
