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Plants in different environments have challenges that only they have. For example, the growth of a plant in a rainforest (e.g., an orchid) might be more affected by different things than a plant in a desert (e.g., a succulent). In three to five sentences, compare environmental challenges that could affect the photosynthetic process of a rainforest plant versus a desert plant.

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a rainforest plant will have a great number of large green leaves in order to capture the most amount of sunlight that is able to pass through to the lower levels in the rainforest. Also due to the humidity and low wind speed there isn't a high rate of transpiration.

whereas a desert plant where there is high temperatures, low humidity and high wind speed, plants such as cacti have torn as leaves which blocks the stomata in most cases to prevent water loss and to ward off predators, the cacti has roots that allow it to absorb water before it can evaporate

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