Global and UK ecosystems and the biosphere

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Question 17

Study Figure 4b.

Suggest one way that the vegetation shown in Figure 4b has adapted to the hot desert environment.

You must use evidence from Figure 4b in your answer. Figure 4b: A photograph of a hot desert landscape in Arizona, USA. It features a tall Saguaro cactus with a thick, ribbed, fleshy green stem, sharp protective spines instead of leaves, and a shallow but wide-spreading root system visible at the dry, dusty soil surface.

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Global and UK ecosystems and the biosphere

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Question 17

Study Figure 4b.

Suggest one way that the vegetation shown in Figure 4b has adapted to the hot desert environment.

You must use evidence from Figure 4b in your answer. Figure 4b: A photograph of a hot desert landscape in Arizona, USA. It features a tall Saguaro cactus with a thick, ribbed, fleshy green stem, sharp protective spines instead of leaves, and a shallow but wide-spreading root system visible at the dry, dusty soil surface.

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Global and UK ecosystems and the biosphere

Question 17

Global and UK ecosystems and the biosphere Questions

Global and UK ecosystems and the biosphere

Question 17

Global and UK ecosystems and the biosphere Questions