Seat belts are required for the driver and passengers age 14 and older. Violation of the seat belt law in the backseat is a secondary offense. Other violations of the seat belt law are standard offenses. Riding in the cargo area of a pickup truck is not permitted for persons under age 18; some other exceptions apply.
A cuticle /ËkjuËtÉªkÉl/ , or cuticula, is a term used for any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism, that provide protection. Various types of cuticle are non-homologous, differing in their origin, structure, function, and chemical composition.n botany, plant cuticles are protective, hydrophobic, waxy coverings produced by the epidermal cells of leaves, young shoots and all other aerial plant organs.
If a plant is going to live on dry land, it must be able to prevent this dessication. Cuticle is the answer. Cuticle is a waxy covering that can be found on essentially all exposed surfaces: leaves, stems, flowers, fruits but not roots. This waxy surface inhibits the loss of water. As stems grow, corky bark tissue replaces cuticle in function. Why do roots not have a cuticle coating? Cuticle controls water loss. However, this causes another problem: gas exchange. All plants require CO2 for photosynthesis. In an aquatic environment with no cuticle, diffusion works fairly well for exchange of these gases (so long as the tissues are not too thick and dense).