Fynbos biome

Question 1

A substance that provides nourishment essential for the maintenance of life and for growth.

Answer 1

Nutrients

Question 2

An evergreen shrub or small tree with large nectar-rich cone-like flower heads surrounded by brightly coloured bracts, chiefly native to South Africa.

Answer 2

Proteas

Question 3

A wiry reedlike plant of southern Africa, used for thatching and brooms.

Answer 3

Restios

Question 4

A plant of the genusErica(familyEricaceae), especially (in gardening) heather.

Answer 4

Ericas

Question 5

A perennial plant that bears its perennating buds below the surface of the soil.

Answer 5

Geophytes

Question 6

Having a pleasant and distinctive smell.

Answer 6

Aromatic

Question 7

The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

Answer 7

Adaptations

Question 8

Seed dispersal by ants, an ecologically significant ant-plant interaction with worldwide distribution.

Answer 8

Myrmecochory

Question 9

Flowers which grow following the growth of leaves, or even more simply, flowering later in the season than is customary with allied species.

Answer 9

Serotiny

Question 10

The development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy.

Answer 10

Germination