Life Cycle of Cactus by Avigail S.

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life cycle of cactus

by Avigail Schwartz

STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE+ HOW A CACTUS SURVIVES + FUN FACTS ABOUT CACTI

Table of Contents

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stage one: seeds

05

stage five: wilted

02

stage two: sprout

06

how a cactus survives

03

stage three: mini cactus 09

04

stage four: audlt

fun facts

STAGE ONE: SEEDS

First a mom and dad cactus give birth to a baby seed.When the seed falls on the sand or dirt the wind will cary the seed away from its parents to find a new place to grow.

DID YOU KNOW !

A cacti dosen't need a lot of water because there use to hot desert places.

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STAGE TWO: SPROUT

In a few days the cactus will sprout from the seed but it will be small like other sprouts. Be careful! It will still be spiky! The stems of the cactus plants grow fatter and taller.

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STAGE THREE: MINI CACTUS

After just being a tiny little sprout the cactus will turn into a mini cactus. It will be about two inches taller and its spicks will be an inch longer as well.

Sometimes when a cactus grows its color will get lighter, but it only happens sometimes. pg.3

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STAGE FOUR: ADULT Finally the cactus is fully grown. It is stronger, taller and healthy. (remember that a cacti doesn't always survive). now the cactus has longer branches or arms and is a fully grown cactus.

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STAGE FIVE: WILTED

After a few good years of life, the cactus will start to wilt.

The seeds will fall off the cactus. So there will be a new cacti.

And So the life cycle can begin all over again.

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A cactus spicks make sure that animal doesn't eat it touch it or break it.

HOW A CACTUS SURVIVES!

SPICKS!

STEM! A cacti stem is thick and fleshy to store lots of water!

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MORE ABOUT THE STEM The cactus stem has waxy water proof coating to help keep water in the cacti.

ROOT HAIRS Root hairs grow quickly on fibrous roots when it rains so the cacti can collect the smallest amount of water

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MORE ABOUT THE ROOT HAIRS After the ground drys, the root hairs will die so the cacti doesn't have to use any water or energy to maintain them.

CACTI HOME Cacti live in dry desert places because there not use to lots of water so they have to HAVE TO live in hot places or they might not survive

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Cacti can

1,5000 to

live a year

1,800 kinds

with out

of cacti.

water.

FUN Â

The tallest cactus ever was 6 stories tall.

FACTS

There are

A cactus

A cactus

can reach

can weigh

to be 66

about 4800

feet.

pounds!

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