Give two examples of how plants have adapted to the lack of precipitation in the desert biome

Question

Give two examples of how plants have adapted to the lack of precipitation in the desert biome

Answer 1

1.  They have wide but shallow root systems to capture all of the available water.

2.  They have thick skins to reduce the loss of water to transpiration.

3.  They grow slowly.

Answer 2

They have few or no leaves.

They have thick stems to store water.