Plant Adaptations Key phrase: Surface Area to Volume ratio (SA/V ratio)

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Plant Adaptations Key phrase: Surface Area to Volume ratio (SA/V ratio)

Adaptations to arid (dry) conditions Dune Grass (Marram)

Plants lose water through stomata

Stomata are guarded by…guard cells!

A million pouting lips on every leaf!

So plants adapt by reducing leaf surface area…

3 adaptations of a succulent Water stored in stem

A great use of a succulent…

Dune grass has rolled up its leaves… sleeves

4 adaptations of dune grass

Label these… A B C

Inspiration…