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Botanists: People who study plants.
Fynbos: One of the world's six florist kingdoms.
Fijnbosch: The name given to slender or fine bush in the Cape Peninsula by the Dutch Settlers.
Proteoids: Tall protea shrubs that grows 1-3 meters high, with large leathery leaves.
Cone Bush: Example of a proteoid.
Ericoids: Heath-like shrubs with small and mostly hard leaves with rolled under edges.
Restiods: Wirl, reed-like plants with small, dry brown leaves and green and solid stems.
Geophytes: Plants with underground bulbs.
Infertile: Condition of the soil in the Fynbos region.
Tannins: The substance in Fynbos that protects the from being eaten and makes the water in the region either black or brown.
Carpenter: _______ bee (type of bee in the Fynbos region).
Mutualism: A type of relationship in which both parties benefit.
Argentine ants: A type of ant that is considered as alien invaders in the Cape Peninsula.
Fynbos ants: Type of insects that take seeds into their underground chambers..
Roots: Most plants have deep ________ systems that enables them to reach the water table.
Transpiration: Process through which plants lose water through the leaves.
Proteas: Type of plants that have hairy and waxy coatings.
Ecology: The study of the relationship between plants and animals and their environment.
Habitat: A place where animals and plants can live.
Population: A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place.
Ecosystem: Includes biotic and abiotic components.
Buchus: Exploited commercially for their essential oils.
Rooibos: A type of tea that is caffeine-free and has a distinct flavor.
Restios: Type of Fynbos used as roofing material because it's durable.
Ecotourism: Type of tourism based on flora, fauna and scenery.
Renosterveld: Type of Fynbos characterized by renosterbos as well as a variety of geophytes.
Mountain Fynbos: Grows in mountainous regions. and characterized by broad-leaved shrubs.
Strandveld: Found in sandy plains, dunes, limestone and granite ridges which have high pH (alkaline).
Sandplain: Occurs in older, deep and leached sands that have become acidic (low pH).
Fynbos
Across:5. | Type of insects that take seeds into their underground chambers.. | 6. | Type of Fynbos used as roofing material because it's durable. | 10. | A place where animals and plants can live. | 14. | Process through which plants lose water through the leaves. | 18. | The substance in Fynbos that protects the from being eaten and makes the water in the region either black or brown. | 20. | Most plants have deep ________ systems that enables them to reach the water table. | 21. | A type of tea that is caffeine-free and has a distinct flavor. | 25. | Type of tourism based on flora, fauna and scenery. | 27. | The name given to slender or fine bush in the Cape Peninsula by the Dutch Settlers. | 28. | Found in sandy plains, dunes, limestone and granite ridges which have high pH (alkaline). | 29. | Type of plants that have hairy and waxy coatings. |
| | Down:1. | One of the world's six florist kingdoms. | 2. | Wirl, reed-like plants with small, dry brown leaves and green and solid stems. | 3. | Grows in mountainous regions. and characterized by broad-leaved shrubs. | 4. | Tall protea shrubs that grows 1-3 meters high, with large leathery leaves. | 7. | Includes biotic and abiotic components. | 8. | Heath-like shrubs with small and mostly hard leaves with rolled under edges. | 9. | A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place. | 11. | Occurs in older, deep and leached sands that have become acidic (low pH). | 12. | Plants with underground bulbs. | 13. | _______ bee (type of bee in the Fynbos region). | 15. | People who study plants. | 16. | Type of Fynbos characterized by renosterbos as well as a variety of geophytes. | 17. | A type of ant that is considered as alien invaders in the Cape Peninsula. | 19. | Condition of the soil in the Fynbos region. | 22. | Exploited commercially for their essential oils. | 23. | The study of the relationship between plants and animals and their environment. | 24. | Example of a proteoid. | 26. | A type of relationship in which both parties benefit. |
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Fynbos
Across:5. | Type of insects that take seeds into their underground chambers.. | 6. | Type of Fynbos used as roofing material because it's durable. | 10. | A place where animals and plants can live. | 14. | Process through which plants lose water through the leaves. | 18. | The substance in Fynbos that protects the from being eaten and makes the water in the region either black or brown. | 20. | Most plants have deep ________ systems that enables them to reach the water table. | 21. | A type of tea that is caffeine-free and has a distinct flavor. | 25. | Type of tourism based on flora, fauna and scenery. | 27. | The name given to slender or fine bush in the Cape Peninsula by the Dutch Settlers. | 28. | Found in sandy plains, dunes, limestone and granite ridges which have high pH (alkaline). | 29. | Type of plants that have hairy and waxy coatings. |
| | Down:1. | One of the world's six florist kingdoms. | 2. | Wirl, reed-like plants with small, dry brown leaves and green and solid stems. | 3. | Grows in mountainous regions. and characterized by broad-leaved shrubs. | 4. | Tall protea shrubs that grows 1-3 meters high, with large leathery leaves. | 7. | Includes biotic and abiotic components. | 8. | Heath-like shrubs with small and mostly hard leaves with rolled under edges. | 9. | A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place. | 11. | Occurs in older, deep and leached sands that have become acidic (low pH). | 12. | Plants with underground bulbs. | 13. | _______ bee (type of bee in the Fynbos region). | 15. | People who study plants. | 16. | Type of Fynbos characterized by renosterbos as well as a variety of geophytes. | 17. | A type of ant that is considered as alien invaders in the Cape Peninsula. | 19. | Condition of the soil in the Fynbos region. | 22. | Exploited commercially for their essential oils. | 23. | The study of the relationship between plants and animals and their environment. | 24. | Example of a proteoid. | 26. | A type of relationship in which both parties benefit. |
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