AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Desert plants tend to have thicker cuticles to cut down transpiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cacti and other nocturnal plants, such as agave, have especially thick cuticles to help stop water loss, but they also don’t open their stomata at all during the day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Desert plants have thicker cuticles to cut down transpiration.

Detailed explanation-4: -Desert plants have thicker cuticles to cut down photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-5: -Desert plants are subjected to high temperatures and scarcity of water. To prevent the loss of water through transpiration or evaporation desert plants have leaf modified into spines and the epidermis is covered with a thick waxy coating. Was this answer helpful?