Use your knowledge of lipids to explain why desert plants need the waxy coating on their leaves to survive.

Desert environments lack water. All plants need water to survive. A waxy coating on plant leaves prevents water loss.

the calvin cycle has three stages. in stage 1, the enzyme rubisco incorporates carbon dioxide into an organic molecule. in stage 2, the organic molecule is reduced. in stage 3, rubp, the molecule that starts the cycle, is regenerated so that the cycle can continue