WHAT DO I EAT? The prickly pear, like most other plants, eats through photosynthesis and drinks water. However, because the prickly pear is a desert plant it has adapted to the dry soil of the desert, and does not need much water to keep it satisfied. Photosynthesis occurs when plants take light energy and converts it into chemical energy.
A measuring cup can be used to measure volumes of liquids. This cup measures volume in units of cups, fluid ounces, and milliliters. Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space enclosed by some closed boundary, for example, the space that a substance (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) or shape occupies or contains. Volume is often quantified numerically using the SI derived unit, the cubic meter.
Volume is said to be a derived unit, since the volume of an object can be known from other measurements. In order to find the volume of a rectangular box, for example, one only needs to know the length, width, and depth of the box. Then the volume can be calculated from the formula, V = l Â· w Â· d.he basic unit of volume in the metric system is the liter (abbreviated as L), although the cubic centimeter (cc or cm 3) and milliliter (mL) are also widely used as units for measuring volume.