Question

How does Lotus adapt to live in water?

Answer 1

Hint: Nature has designed every organism in a manner such that they are capable enough to adapt themselves to their environment. This adaptive quality of living organisms allows them to withstand all environmental hurdles.

Complete Answer
A typical Lotus plant consists of a slimy wide and disc shaped floating body. A stalk arises from it in a vertically upward direction that bears the flower and some calyx. This type of body structure is unique to Lotus plants. The slimy body of the plant is green in colour, due to the presence of chlorophyll, conducts all the vital processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, etc for itself. Besides, the flower plays a vital role in promoting pollination with its bright shiny pink colour. Petals of the flower are quite waxy that does not allow collection of water droplets on them. Prolonged accumulation of water on petals can lead to rotting of the flower.
As Lotus is an aquatic plant so is destined to live in water therefore to avoid any harm due to unnecessary collection of water droplets, its petals are waxy and the rest body is slimy. This is a kind of adaptive modification maintained by the plant itself. Besides, the green part of the plant is quite wide that keeps floating in water to adjust according to the sun rays. This allows the plant body to effectively conduct photosynthesis on the water itself.

Note:
The leaves of the lotus plant do not need any type of special adaptations to perform photosynthesis as its leaves remain floating and they receive direct sunlight. Thus, they can take carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen into the air easily.