MICHEL JOY L.

DE GUZMAN
11- AYALA

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

QUARTER 2 – WORKSHEET 3

WHAT I CAN DO
“How do you relate animal reproduction to ecosystem imbalance?”

An ecological imbalance is when a natural or human-caused disturbance disrupts the natural

balance of an ecosystem. A disturbance is any change that causes a disruption in the balance of an
ecosystem.
Animal reproduction may or may not have an effect on ecosystem imbalance, depending on the
circumstances. Animal reproduction can disrupt ecosystem balance if animals overproduce, resulting
in a scarcity of resources, particularly food and habitat. There is more consumption than reproduction
in this ecosystem. Animal reproduction, on the other hand, has no effect on ecosystem imbalance
because not all newborn animals survive to reproduce due to death, starvation, or even being killed
by predators. In this case, reproduction outweighs consumption.

“What do you think would happen if living things are not able to reproduce?”

Reproduction is a biological phenomenon that occurs in all living organisms, including

microorganisms such as amoebas and fungi, as well as evolved human species. However, why do
organisms reproduce? The simplest answer would be to ensure that their species survives on Earth.
Organisms are born with the ability to protect their species through reproduction. Although
reproduction is not required for survival, it is the only way to keep species alive. Nature and the
environment are designed in such a way that it is important for every living organism to reproduce in
order to maintain a natural balance in the environment. If an organism does not reproduce, it will not
produce offspring and will eventually become extinct. Higher animals, such as humans and animals,
reproduce through mating, which is also known as sexual reproduction, whereas microorganisms
reproduce through asexual methods such as fission, budding, and so on. Plants are unable to
reproduce on their own, so they rely on insects and butterflies to transport pollen from one plant to
another. Hence, if living things are unable to reproduce, they may become extinct because they lack
the ability to duplicate their lives and produce offspring. In that case, each animal classification has
only one creature. As a result, we may face a scarcity of food resources, including vegetables.
MICHEL JOY L. DE GUZMAN
11- AYALA

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
QUARTER 2 – WORKSHEET 3

WRITTEN WORK
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Structured Constructed Response Test Item:

QUESTION: Why Mola is considered the heavyweight egg producer?

CLAIM: Due to its ability to lay 300 million eggs during a spawning season, Mola is considered a
heavyweight egg producer.

Cite from the article two evidences that support your claim:
EVIDENCE 1: The statement in the article that supports my claim is “The mola, or ocean sunfish,
looks like an animal cracker someone bit in half. At 5,000 pounds, though, this temperate and
tropical water animal is the world’s heaviest bony fish.”
EVIDENCE 2: The statement in the article that supports my claim is “It’s also the heavyweight egg
producer, releasing 300 million eggs over a spawning season.”

Explain how your evidences support your claim.

REASONING: The evidence I chose supports my claim because it is believed that the mola is the
heaviest egg producer among creatures, particularly in the sea, alongside seahorses, which can bear
2,000 eggs at once, sturgeons, which can produce 2.5 million eggs per year, and blue tuna, which can
produce 10 million eggs per year. Mola, on the other hand, can produce a large number of eggs at a
rate of 300 million eggs per spawning season. “As the females grow, their larger ovaries can hold
more eggs, so if the fish doubles in length, the number of eggs will multiply by 30 or 60,” Coleman
explains. “Because in some species, the largest females are the equivalent of 30 or even 60 small
females, and those eggs are often more likely to hatch,” Happell explained. Spawning fish produce a
large number of eggs, but one species is egg-ceptional. Mola, the world’s heaviest bony fish, weighs
5,000 pounds and lives in temperate and tropical waters. It’s also a major egg producer, laying 300
million eggs during a spawning season.