SCIENCE

LESSON
Teacher Baizura
biological

control
 Biological control is a method in which a
predator, the natural enemy to a certain
pest, is used to control the population of
the pest in an area
 Ladybird beetle eat
EXAMPLES OF aphids, a crop pest
BIOLOGICAL
CONTROL IN
MALAYSIA Guppy fish eats
mosquito larvae

Ducks are use to eat Owls in palm oil

pest such as snails & plantations control the
insects population of rats
 Advantage of using
Biological Control
1) MORE ENVIRONMENTAL
FRIENDLY
2) MORE CHEAPER
3) DOES NOT AFFECT
HUMANS' HEALTH
1) TAKES A LONG TIME TO 2) DISRUPTED THE
SEE THE EFFECT BALANCE OF ECOSYSTEM

Disadvantage of
using Biological
Control
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- Population will decrease -Population size of living
when disease strikes organism influenced by
the population of its
predator
*Number of predator increase
, number of prey decrease.*
-Food sources decrease,
animals can be extinct
*Crow population increase
due to the abundance of food
scraps*
Droughts cause population
of plants & animals
decrease
SCIENCE CLASS WITH BAILEY

Changes in can upset the balance

the ecosystem between population

long drought season Migration - moving from

Paddy plant will die 1 place to another due to size of a population can
(producer in food web) change in season decrease or increase
upset the balance Eg : cattle egret migrate because of changes in
between population in to Perak (Sept to April) another population
paddy field So population of insects Eg : increase in
may lead to the decrease decreasebecause cattle caterpillar cause the
of other animals egret eat it population of plants
decrease.
2.4 Role of Humans

in Maintaining a

Balanced Nature
HUMAN ACTIVITIES & ITS EFFECT
TO THE ENVIRONMENT
FOREST WASTE

LOGGING INDUSTRIALISATION AGRICULTURE DISPOSAL

Pollution of Pollution of
Extinction Pollution water due to water and
of flora of air, over use of ground
and fauna water and pesticides Foul odour
species soil and due to
fertilisers
Greenhou Greenhou decaying
Soil loses
seeffect seeffect organic
minerals due
waste
Soil Acid rain to non-
matters
erosion sustainable
Flash floods
agriculture