Describe how animals and plants are adapted to survive in dry conditions such as deserts:

Plants are adapted to survive dry conditions in the following ways: A decrease in surface area of the leaf, such as that found in the rolled-up leaf/spike in cactuses. This decreases the area from which water may be lost through transpiration and evaporation and reducing the exposure of the stomata. Long and extensive roots to absorb more water. Animals are adapted to survive dry conditions through becoming nocturnal, by keeping out of the sun they reduce water loss as sweat in the heat of the day. By adapting long eyelashes to keep dust and sand, found in desert landscapes, out of their eyes. And by possessing fat stores, eg a camels hump, through which fat stores can be converted into water.