DIRECTIONS: Read the passage (s) given below and answer the questions that follow. Passage - 3 Plants give out water through the pores present under their leaves. The plants living in deserts need to reduce the loss of water because water is scarce in deserts. Which of the following is an adaptation shown by desert plants?

• A. They have lots of branches and leaves
• B. They do not shed leaves in summer
• C. They develop roots which come above the ground
• D. Their leaves are modified into spines