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Why Do Plants Need to Adapt? | |
Water or Aquatic Plants | |
Land or Terrestrial Plants | |
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Plants need to adapt in order to survive harsh climatic conditions and other unfavourable circumstances.
Roses use thorns to scare off animals who intend to eat them up, which is a kind of Adaptation.
Leaves of Desert Plants have adapted to the Desert
Depending on the habitat they live in, plants can be divided into two major groups:
The plants that grow in water are called aquatic plants.
Duckweed Plants
Water lilies bloom in the water. The plant's leaves float on top of the water.
Hydrilla: Underwater Plants
All plants that grow on land are called terrestrial plants or land plants.
There are different kinds of land areas. Plants growing in each of these areas need to adjust to the kind of weather, amount of rainfall, type of soil, and other such factors found in that place.
Mango Tree
Cactus Plants
Some adaptations in desert plants are:
Plants on mountains and hills are adapted to grow in very cold temperatures.
Pines
Cashew Plant
Palm Trees along the Sea Coast
Mangroves
Scientist in Focus
Charles Darwin (1809–1882),
Charles Darwin
an English Scientist wrote the book on the Origin of Species. Darwin claimed that all plants and animals had developed or evolved from earlier forms of life. Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 into a wealthy and well-known family. He was a very excellent student in school and was always interested in nature.
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