OLIVA, MARK JOHN PAUL D.

GRADE 7 – EARTH

SCIENCE
EXPLORE

ACTIVITY 1B

STEPS IN USING A COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

1. Turn the microscope on.

2. Wipe the lenses using lens paper.
3. Put low power objective in place.
4. Put the specimen in microscope slides and drop a bit of water and use cover slip to cover it.
5. Place the slide onto the stage.
6. Look through the eyepieces.
7. Turn the coarse adjustment knob until the specimen comes clearly.
8. Click the medium power lens into place using coarse adjustment knob
9. Turn the high power objective into place using fine adjustment knob
10. Turn off the microscope and unplug.

POST ASSESSMENT

A. Parts of the Compound Microscope and its Classification

PARTS CLASSIFICATION
1. Body Tube Mechanical
2. Revolving Nosepiece Mechanical
3. Objective Lens Magnifying
4. Stage Clips Mechanical
5. Condenser Illuminating
6. Iris Diaphragm Illuminating
7. Mirror Illuminating
8. Ocular Lens or Eyepiece Magnifying
9. Draw Tube Mechanical
10. Coarse Adjustment Knob Mechanical
11. Fine Adjustment Knob Mechanical
12. Arm Mechanical
13. Stage Mechanical
14. Inclination Joint Mechanical
15. Pillar Mechanical
16. Base Mechanical
B. Modified True or False

1. Base
2. One
3. True
4. Stage Clips
5. True
6. Objective
7. Xylene
8. True
9. Iris diaphragm
10. Arm

EXPLORE

ACTIVITY 2A

1.

Cell Population Community

Tissue Organism Ecosystem

Organ Organ system Biosphere

QUESTION:
In which level(s) do you belong?

 Cell
 Tissue
 Organ
 Organ system
 Organism
 Population
 Community
 POST ASSESSMENT

A.

1. Biosphere
2. Cell
3. Organ
4. Organism
5. Organ system
6. Organ
7. Ecosystem
8. Tissue
9. Population
10. Community

B.

LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION EXAMPLE

1. Organ system Digestive system
2. Organ Heart
3. Population Flock of birds
4. Tissue Blood
5. Organism Dolphin
6. Community Birds, trees, and grasses in a garden
7. Ecosystem Plants and water
8. Cell Bone cell

EXPLORE

ACTIVITY 3C

 Cell membrane
 Cytoplasm
PLANT CELL  Endoplasmic reticulum
ANIMAL CELL
• Cell wall  Golgi body
• Centriole
• plastids  Lysosome
 Mitochondrion
 nucleus
 POST ASSESSMENT

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. B

B. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

1. True
2. All
3. Plant
4. Endoplasmic reticulum
5. True

EXPLORE

ACTIVITY 4B (PERFORMANCE TASK)

METHOD OF
PHOTO
ORGANISM REPRODUCTION
(with description)
Asexually and Sexually –
The diploid sporophyte
reproduces asexually, while
the haploid gametophyte
Algae reproduces through a sexual
process. An alternation of
generations is accomplished
through the fusion of gametes
and meiosis in sporophytes.
Asexually and Sexually – In
mitosis, one cell divides to
produce two genetically
identical cells. In meiosis,
DNA replication is followed
Eukarya
by two rounds of cell division
to produce four haploid
daughter cells.
 Asexually by fragmentation,
Budding, or producing
spores – Fragments of hyphae
can grow new colonies. The
most common mode of
asexual reproduction is
Fungi through the formation of
asexual spores, which are
produced by one parent only
(through mitosis) and are
genetically identical to that
parent.

Asexually – An organism
creates an identical replica or
genetically similar copy of
itself without genetic material
from another individual.
Virus

EXPLORE

ACTIVITY 5A

A.
A – Abiotic
B - Biotic
Carbon A Humidity A Sand A Tamaraw B
Clouds A Mushroom B Sea star B Turkey B
Coral B Ostrich B Snail B Water A
Fish B Oxygen A Soil A Whale B
Grass B Plant B Stone A Zebra B

B.
1. Those lizards and animals that that eat them will look for a new habitat.
2. There will be no enough trees to hold water from the soil and produce oxygen. The area might
die or destroyed.
TYPES OF BIOTIC INTERACTION

MUTUALISM

Organism involved:
Tickbird and rhinoceros
Relationship:
Tickbirds perched on a black rhinoceros to get food and help the rhino get rid of pests.

COMMENSALISM

Organism involved:
Golden jackal and tiger
Relationship:
Golden jackals, once they have been expelled from a pack, will trail a tiger to feed on the
remains of its kills.

PARASITISM

Organism involved:
Mosquito and human
Relationship:
Mosquito biting humans for their blood.

AMENSALISM

Organism involved:
Redwood tree and mussels and other intertidal organisms
Relationship:
Redwood trees falling into the ocean become floating battering-rams during storms, killing
large numbers of mussels and other intertidal organisms.

PREDATION

Organism involved:
Lion and deer
Relationship:
A lion catching a deer for dinner.

COMPETITION

Organism involved:
Monkeys and other animal
Relationship:
Monkeys compete with each other and other animals for food.
 POST ASSESSMENT

A.
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C

B.
1. Mutualism
2. Amensalism
3. Predation
4. Commensalism
5. Mutualism

PERFORMANCE TASK

ARAL SEA, Central Asia

The Aral Sea was once one of the world's largest lakes, and home to a host of unique
species including the Aral Sea trout. But not anymore.
In the middle of the 20th century, Soviet engineers dammed the rivers flowing into it, and
the Aral Sea almost vanished, replaced by a wasteland of salt, dust and abandoned fishing boats.
Some small lakes remain, but little lives in them besides algae. One of the lakes is now growing
again, thanks to a World Bank project that has spent millions of dollars on funnelling water into
it.