LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Science 10 Quarter 3 Week 7

Leiseth Samaniego
Name: ___________________________________________ 05/24/21
Date: _____________
10 BS 3
Section: __________________________________________ Score: ____________

I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT
Learning how biodiversity can influence the stability of an ecosystem is vital. Also,
becoming aware of the different human activities that have both a positive and a negative impact on
the environment is also essential for longevity. Would you like to help protect and conserve the
biodiversity you have in your community? What will happen if population size rises above the
carrying capacity?
You will learn that species does not only provide balance in the ecosystem but their
diversity boosts ecosystem productivity where each species, no matter how small, all have an
important role to play. For example, a larger number of plant species means a greater variety of
crops. Greater species diversity ensures natural sustainability for all life forms.
For you to understand how population of organisms affects biodiversity, the set of activities
in the succeeding pages is set to be accomplished for one week of the third quarter.

II. LEARNING SKILLS

MELCs:
-Explain how species diversity increases the probability of adaptation and survival of
organisms in changing environments. (S10LT-IIIh-41)
-Explain the relationship between population growth and carrying capacity. (S10LT- IIIi-
42)

Objectives:
1. Determine how plants and animals adapt to their environment;
2. Explain how species diversity increases the probability of adaptation.
3. Differentiate the Three Values of the species;
4. Provide examples of the species that belong to the different categories of values.
5. Define population density and carrying capacity.
6. Explain the factors that affect the carrying capacity and population growth.
7. Provide solutions to prevent the reduction of the carrying capacity of an organism.
8. Describe exponential and logistic growth curve.
9. Identify factors that affect population.

III. ACTIVITIES
A. HUMAN ACTIVITIES & STABILITY OF ECOSYSTEMS
ACTIVITY 1.
Directions: Try to identify the adaptation characteristics of the following organisms.
Example: Octopus Secretes a dark-colored ink or substance to confuse or blind
an attacking predator

1. Cricket or kuliglig

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 2. Amamanggi or salagubang

3. Oregano

ACTIVITY 2 –Directions: Fill out the table by writing your idea or knowledge on how they live or adapt
or even survive in their environments (this can be based from what you hear in dayto-day
conversations or from advertisements on television).
Organism My idea about how it/ they live, adapt or survive

Bats
Clown Fish
Deer

ACTIVITY 3 – Directions: Visit and study a garden found at home or neighborhood. Your task is to
list down organisms that can be possibly found in that area and describe the value of each organism.
Classify the value by putting a happy face on the space under the correct column (maximum of 4
species only). One is done for you.
DIRECT INDIRECT
AESTHETIC
ORGANISM VALUE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC
VALUE
VALUE VALUE
MAINTAINS FOOD
BIRDS CHAIN BALANCE

ACTIVITY 4– Look at Me
Direction: Analyze the picture below. Observe the number of population density in a certain
community and relate the population density

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 ACTIVITY 5 – Discover Me
1. Look at the 2 boxes below and compare your observations.

ACTIVITY 6 – FILL ME!

Materials: food coloring, dipper, bucket, water
1. Fill the bucket with water and add food coloring so that it will be more visible in a clear
container.
2. Place the empty clear container on top of a table.
3. Pour dipper of water into the container while scooping water out of the clear container
and pour it back to the bucket.

ACTIVITY 7– ANALYZE ME!

Direction: Analyze the following situations:

Situation 1 : The human population is currently growing at an exponential rate. How

can this be explained in terms of birth rate and death rate?

Situation 2: The monkey-eating eagle is considered as endangered. What does this mean in
terms of the birth and the death rate of monkey-eating eagle?

ACTIVITY 6 – CARRY ON!

Direction: Examine the graph below. Look into the number of goats corresponding the dates.

ACTIVITY 7 - FOLLOW THE PATTERN

A. From the given set of data on the population of rats and grasshoppers, construct separate
graph for each datum.
Population of rats
Month Population of rats
2 5
3 10
4 15
5 25

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 B. Population of Grasshopper
Month Population of grasshopper
1 2
2 5
3 9
4 18
5 27

ACTIVTY 8 – Dependent or Independent?

Direction: Read each situation in the table below, then state if it is a density- independent limiting
factor or a density-dependent limiting factor. Indicate the specific limiting factor that is
occurring.
Density-
Independent or Limiting
Situation
DensityDependent Factor

1. Mrs Rosales has 55 students in her biology class, but she has Density Emigration
room for 50. Because the room was crowded. The 5 students Dependent
were asked to got to the curriculum chairperson to change their
schedule.
2. Dinoflagellates in Laguna de Bay increase in population due to
increase in organic substance in the body of water brought by Density Predation
water pollution.
Dependent
disease and
3. A new strain of dengue virus breaks out in the country. Density-dependent parasites

4. Super typhoon Yolanda caused many residents to leave Leyte. Density-Independent natural disaster
5. Population of wild boar decreases because of deforestation. Density Inependent deforestation
6. An increase in population of house lizard in Barangay Himpot Density increasing
Dependent population
causes a decrease in population of mosquito. of lizard

B. Analysis Based on activity 1

1. Based on the task, how would you define Behavioral, Structural, and Physiological
Adaptations?
2. Now, with the best of your knowledge, answer this: How do plants and animals adapt to their
environment?

Based on activity 2.
1. Were you able to see those organisms in real life? How were you able to know how each
cope or adapt in their environment?
2. Which of those can also be found in your area or locality? If none, can you cite or name
some of plants and animals that can only be seen in your community? What are those?

Based on activity 3.
1. Which species have direct economic, indirect economic, and aesthetic value?
2. Are they all important in our ecosystem? Why?
Based on Activity 4,
1. What can you say about the population density of the people in the pictures?
2. What could be the probable reasons why some areas have lower population density
than the others?
3. Why is there a small area with high density population?
4. What is population density?
Based on Activity 5,
1. What are the differences between the number and arrangement of the circle in boxes
A and B?

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 2. If boxes A and B represent two different ecosystems and the circle represents the
organisms in each ecosystem, what are the differences between the number and distribution
of organisms in each ecosystem?
3. What do you think will happen to the ecosystem represented by box B if the number
of organisms continues to increase? Why?
Based on activity 6,
1. What did you notice with the population of goat between mid-May and mid-June?
2. What did you notice with the population of goat from August to September? What could
explain this?
3. What is the carrying capacity?
4. What affects the carrying capacity of an organism?
Based on activity 7,
A. 1. Describe the population of rats.
2.What is the shape of the graph? What do you call this growth curve? B.
1. What does the graph show on the population of grasshopper?
2. What is the shape of the graph? What do you call this growth curve?
3. How would it affect the carrying capacity?
4. Explain the relationship between population growth and carrying capacity.
Based on activity 8,
1. What situation was/were brought about by human activities? What does this tell us?
2. What happens when there is an increase of organic substance in the body of water?
3. What will you do to solve the problem? What possible solutions can you think to limit
population growth?
4. What are the effects of population growth?

C. ABSTRACTION

Biodiversity is a term that describes how varied living things are in a specific area. Species
diversity is defined as the number of species and abundance of each species that live in a particular
location. The number of species that live in a certain location is called species richness. If you were
to measure the species richness of a forest, you might find 20 bird species, 50 plant species, and 10
mammal species. Abundance is the number of individuals of each species. For example, there might
be 100 mountain beavers that live in a forest. You can talk about species diversity on a small scale,
like a forest, or on a large scale, like the total diversity of species living on Earth
• Structural Adaptations are the physical features on an organism that help it survive in its
natural habitat.
• Physiological Adaptations are internal systematic responses to external stimuli in order to
help an organism maintain balance or homeostasis.
• Behavioral Adaptations are activities that an organism does to help it survive in its natural habitat.

The value of species can be divided into various categories:

1. DIRECT ECONOMIC VALUE –For example, some medicines being used today have
formulations extracted from the plants and animals.
2. INDIRECT ECONOMIC VALUE –For example, certain species maintain the chemical quality
of natural bodies of water, prevent soil erosion and floods, cycle materials in the soil, and
absorb pollutants.
3. AESTHETIC VALUE – a lot of species provide visual or artistic enjoyment, like a forested
landscape and the calming beauty of a natural park; or they may be used for spiritual
meditation like the Prayer Mountains.
While populations would probably continue to grow in size, a population of organisms
cannot grow forever – its growth will be limited or stopped, at some point, and the death rate
will be greater than the birth rate.

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 Population density refers to the numbers of organisms per unit area. If a population
density is very high, that means there are a lot of organisms crowded into a certain area.

Density-independent limiting factors can stop a population from growing such as

natural disaster, temperature, sunlight and human activities while Density-dependent limiting
factors come into play when a population reaches a certain number of organisms like when a
population reaches a certain size, there won’t be enough resources like food, shelter and
water for all the organisms. This could cause the population to stop growing when it reaches
the maximum number of organisms than can be supported or carried by the environment. This
number is known as the POPULATION’S CARRYING CAPACITY in a particular environment.
Each population of organisms has a different carrying capacity depending on the amount of
resources available in the area in which it lives.

Before a population reaches its carrying capacity, it experiences a period of rapid

growth. This period is called exponential population growth resulting in a J – shaped curve.
In logistic growth, population expansion decreases as resources become scarce and it levels
off when the carrying capacity of the environment is reached. The curve is S-shape.
D. APPLICATION
A. Have you visited some of the Bicol tourist spots (Mayon Volcano, Cagsawa Ruins,
Lignon Hill Nature Park, Caramoan Island and others? It’s a magical creation of nature.
1. How can you help to protect and conserve its diversity and ecological integrity?
B. Define the following terms:
a. Population f. Logistic growth
b. Population density g Density-dependent limiting factor
c. Carrying capacity h. Density-independent limiting factor
d.Exponential growth
e.Density-independent limiting factor
C. Enumerate at least three (3) factors that affect population growth.

D. Differentiate exponential growth and logistic growth.

V. REFERENCES

• Science 10 Curriculum Guide, Learner’s Material, Teacher’s Guide and DLPs

• Science 10 Learner’s Material, Unit 3, Module 3, Biodiversity and Evolution, pp. 299-
327

• Science 10 Learner’s Material, Unit 3, Module 4, Ecosystem: Biodiversity, pp. 328-

348

• Acosta, Herma D.,et.al (2015). The Ups and Down of Population Growth. Science
Learner's Material 10 (pp. 331-333). Rex Bookstore.

• livescience.com. “World Population”. Retrieved May 29, 2020 from

https://www.livescience.com/37442-world-population-approaching-11-billion.html

• quora.com. “Is Global Population Growth a Problem?” Retrieved May 28, 2020 from
https://www.quora.com/Is-global-population-growth-a-problem