Biomes

Question 1

Biome

Answer 1

An area with a particular climate along with the living and non living org9that comes with it. The area has specialized features which the organisms there has used to adapt and make a habitat eg camouflage to hide from Predators

Question 2

There are 2 types of biomes

Answer 2

Aquatic and terrestrial

Question 3

There are 7 terrestrial biomes in south Africa

Answer 3

Forests
Thickets
Fynbos
Nama karoo
Succulent karroo
Grassland
Savannah

Question 4

Savannah

Answer 4

Wooded Grassland of SA that Covers 46, 6% of South Africa’s landscape and cover stretches from kalahari in the west to north and north east of Limpopo
Rainfall is 100mm and it has cool and dry winters and hot and et summers
Vegetation: large shurbs and baobab tree, grasses
Animal : big five, zebra, blue wildebeest

Question 5

Grassland

Answer 5

Covers the high central plateau of South Africa, inland areas of kwazulu natal and mountain areas of the eastern cape province
Variety when it comes to Rainfall as there can be thunderstorm and hailstorms
Winters are cold with or without frost, fires are common
Summer is hot and wet
The soil is fertile
The plants are mostly grass there is rooigras
Animals are black wildebeest and springboks and blesbok

Question 6

Forests

Answer 6

Smallest biome that covers the southern cape coastline-knysna and Tsitsikamma
Rainfall throughout the year is mainly in winter
The forests are cool and moist, humid
The soil is deep and fertile
The plants are outeniqua yellowwood, epiphytes, herbaceous and bulbous plants
Animal are blue duiker, knysna lourie and bush pig

Question 7

Thickets

Answer 7

Along the coast of kwazulu natal and eastern cape
Rainfall is fairly high but not sustainable for forests
Soil is shallow and varies from sandy loam to sandy clay which is rich in lime
The plants varies from shrub lands in the low lands, evergreen and succulent short trees and plants with thorns, cape honeysuckle
Animals are elephants, African python and antelopes

Question 8

Nama karoo

Answer 8

Covers most of the vast central plateau region of the Western and Northern Cape provinces
Semi desert that is flat and rugged
The ground is dry and rocky
No permanent flowing rivers
Rainfall is less than 500mm
Summers with high temperatures
Winter which is freezing cold
Soil is rich in lime, thin layer of soil over rocks and is infertile
Plants are xerophytes, stone plants and karoo daisy
Animals are black eared jackal, leopard and baboon

Question 9

Succulent karoo

Answer 9

Occurs west of the Western escarpment through the western belt of the westerm cape and inland towards the little karoo
Is restricted to the year round and winter Rainfall areas and have the greatest summer aridity
Rainfall is dry, 50mm to 350 mm rainfall
Summers are hot and dry
Plants are xerophytic and namaqualand daisies and lichens
Animals are small rodents, mice squirrels and bat eared fox

Question 10

Fynbos

Answer 10

Occupies 5,3% of South Africa occurring almost exclusively in the south western and Southern parts of the Western province
Winters are cold and wet with 210 to 300mm
Summers are hot and dry
Soil is infertile that is bleached of all its nutrients - inhibits growth of larger plants
68%f the plants are endemic to the fynbos biome
One of the six flora kingdoms in the world
Fires are common in summer needed to stimulate germination
Plants are protea, rooibos tea and olives, white milkwood
Animals are klipsspringer, caps mountain zebra, geometric tortoise

Question 11

which biome in south Africa is the main tourist attraction in spring

Answer 11

Succulent Karoo

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Succulent Karoo is a unique South African biome known for its wildflower extravaganza in spring. The vegetation is primarily made up of dwarf succulent shrubs.

Question 12

South African biomes that are aquatic

Answer 12

Marine and coastal biomes, coral reefs, open sea zone, wetlands and estuaries

Question 13

Marine and coastal biomes

Answer 13

Include the ocean and coral reefs along with estuaries
They include salty water
Algae live in water and produce oxygen and food
South African marine biomes contain 12% of the world’s fish species. Our coastline is 3000 km long
Water in the east coast is warm because of the warm Indian current and the water in the west us cold bc of the benguela current
The west coast are rich in nutrients which provides food for plankton and fish
The organisms are plankton - phytoplankton(algae) , zooplankton(microscopic crustaceans) sharks and dolphins
Concentration go nutrients

Question 14

Coral reef

Answer 14

Shallow waters of the northern coast of kwazulu natal
Coral reefs are formed from calcium carbonate of tiny corral animals
Large biodiversity
Animals are micro organisms, invertebrates and sea urchins

Question 15

Open seas zone

Answer 15

Open ocean and temperatures are generally cold and plankton main food provider for fish, dolphins and whales

Question 16

Wetland

Answer 16

Area covered predominantly by shallow water
Include mountain springs and msrshlands
Rich in biodiversity or birds, large amounts of carbon and share important functions in river catchment by providing regular water supply filtering the water naturally
Reduces the effects of flood and droughts

Question 17

Estuaries

Answer 17

Areas where freshwater of steams and rivers meet with the salt water of the sea
Water conditions, temperatures and salt content change constantly with tides
Rich in nutrients
Plants are algae, seaweed and marsh grass
Animal are prawns and sponges

Question 18

In the ecosystem of a tropical rainforest, the producers obtain energy for the

Answer 18

The primary producers synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water by using solar energy (photosynthesis

Question 19

Organization of living things from smallest to largest

Answer 19

Molecules, cells, tissue, organs, oran systems, organisms, populations, communites, ecosystems and biosphere

Question 20

The boundaries between biomes are usually seen as

Answer 20

Ecotones
Biomes do not typically have precise boundaries12. Instead, there are frequently transition zones between biomes, which are referred to as ecotones1. These transition zones can be naturally occurring or created by humans

Question 21

Organisms that use inorganic nutrients and an outside energy source to produce sugars and other organic nutrients for themselves and other members of the community are

Answer 21

Organisms that use inorganic sources of both carbon and energy are called autotrophs

Question 22

Why is light an abiotic factor

Answer 22

Light intensity is an incredibly important abiotic factor. Plants require light for photosynthesis

Question 23

A population is made up of

Answer 23

A population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding1