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Module 28
Ecosystem: Biodiversity
1 Hour
Gain Attention
What is Biodiversity for you?
Inform Learners of objectives
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
Cognitive:
1. explain how diversity of species increases the probability of adaptation and
survival of organisms as part of biodiversity;
2. compare the patterns of evolution proposed by Lamarck and Darwin;
3. Explain how fossil records, comparative anatomy, and genetic information provide
evidence for evolution
Affective:
4. value of organisms as part of biodiversity;
5. appreciate the importance of species in an ecosystem.
Psychomotor:
6. explore the causes and effects of loss of biodiversity
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Ecosystem: Biodiversity
Stimulate Recall of Prior Learning
Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the best answer.
Write your answers on the space provided.
1. What happens when previous adaptation is no longer suitable in the environment?
a. Adaptation occurs
b. artificial selection
c. evolution occurs
d. extinction occurs
2. What is the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem?
a. It is a good measurement of the health of an ecosystem
b. The higher the biodiversity means the environment is healthy.
c. The lower the biodiversity means the environment is unhealthy.
d. Low biodiversity means few species in an area
3. Which are the very first organisms to establish themselves after a fire destroys a
forest?
a. Consumers b. pioneers
c. Producers d. lag species pioneers
4. Which ecosystem is most likely to be unstable?
a. One in which new predator appears and flourishes
b. One with no social relationship between predators
c. One with virulent and parasites
d. One with predators only
5. Which of the following is False about ecosystem?
a. Ecosystem naturally change when species modify the ecosystem.
b. Ecosystem naturally change in response to a physical disturbance such as after a
forest fire.
c. Ecosystem naturally change when the populations of organisms in the ecosystem
change.
d. Ecosystem rarely change in nature, it only changes in response to human
disruptions.
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Ecosystem: Biodiversity
Present the content and provide learning
guidance
BIODIVERSITY AND STABILITY
Biological diversity or biodiversity, means the presence of many different
kinds of organisms interacting with each other and with the physical environment.
Why is biodiversity very important? It is very important because it sustains through
the flow of energy the food web on earth and contributes to environmental stability.
Species diversity results in stability. What is stability? Stability is defined as the,
resilience to withstand changes that may occur in the environment.
Organisms are part of biodiversity. They are economically and ecologically
valuable. The products are source of food, medicine, clothing, shelter and energy.
Cite examples of these organisms. These organisms are also important in
maintaining balance in the as they perform specific roles. Some organisms maintain
the quality of natural bodies of water, some prevent soil erosion and floods, cycle
minerals in the soil and absorb pollutants. Some feed on insects and pests which
control the population of organisms in a certain environment making its ecosystem
balance and stable.
The value of species is divided into various categories:
1. Direct economic value – if the products are sources of food, medicine, clothing,
shelter and energy. (ex. Vitex negundo, lagundi, extracted for cough syrup
production)
2. Indirect economic value – if there are benefits produced by the organism without
using them. (ex. Certain species prevent soil/land erosion)
3. Aesthetic value – species that provides visual or artistic enjoyment.
(ex. forested landscape, Prayer Mountains)
Adaptation refers to the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in a
particular environment. This may involve changes in behavior or physical structure
to survive.
More diversity means better chances of survival. Increased genetic diversity
leads to increased chance of species survival. Species with a limited variety of
phenotypes and where the members of species are similar to one another have a
smaller chance of coping with environmental variability compared to a species with
greater diversity. Less diversity means less chances for survival. The lesser the
amount of natural variation the greater the chance of the extinction of the species.
The likelihood of survival decreases with the decrease in variation.
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Ecosystem: Biodiversity
Elicit Performance
Directions: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
1. All species in an ecosystem are connected to one another.
2. Ecosystem naturally change when the populations of organisms in the
ecosystem change.
3. Biodiversity is a wide range of species in an area.
4. Condition for a stable ecosystem is when there is only one type of
organism in an area.
5. All species in an ecosystem are independent to one another.
Elicit Performance
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Ecosystem: Biodiversity
Synthesis
Here are the module’s key ideas:
● Biological diversity or biodiversity, means the presence of many different kinds of
organisms interacting with each other and with the physical environment.
● Direct economic value – if the products are sources of food, medicine, clothing, shelter
and energy.
● Indirect economic value – if there are benefits produced by the organism without using
them.
● Aesthetic value – species that provides visual or artistic enjoyment.
Assess performance
Bibliography
Department of Education, Bureau of Secondary Education. Project EASE Integrated
Science 1, Module 12. Inside the Earth.
Department of Education, Bureau of Secondary Education (2013). Science - Grade 8
Learner’s Module. Vibal Publishing House, Inc.
Punongbayan, R. et al. (1998). The Philippine Archipelago Volume 1. Tarbuck, E.J. et
al. (2009). Earth Science 12th ed.
Department of Education Learners Manual Science for Grade 10. First Edition. 2015.
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