Biomes

Question 1

fynbos

• area
• seasons
• soil
• flora
• fauna
• specialities
• uncommon words

Answer 1

• Western Cape
• cold, wet winters and dry, hot summers
• coarse-grained soil (acidic and poor)
• wide variety of flora (but mainly dominated by the fynbos)
• birds, insect and small mammals
• endemic fynbos (only found in the Fynbos biome)
• serotiny (retaining the seeds preparing for a bush fire)

Question 2

grassland

Answer 2

• highveld
• cold winters with frost, rainfall in the summer
• clay soil (rich and fertile upper layers)
• mainly grass (but can be trees)
• herbivores, rodents, birds and plant-eating insects

Question 3

savannah

Answer 3

• western parts of Limpopo, northern parts of Northern Cape and Free State, North West and KwaZulu Natal
• hot and wet summers, dry and cool winters (frost may occur)
• clay or sandy (most often)
• grasses and herbaceous and woody plants
• big game, malaria-prone area (mosquitos)