Ma. Lyn E. Diaz Instructor: Dr. Lanie M.

Pacadaljen

BSED-ENGLISH 1B

Pre – assessment
Answer the following questions using the knowledge you have.
1. What is the significance of studying the ecosystem?
➢ As I see it, studying ecosystem it’s crucial to us as human beings, because we
will know how different organism live and how they form. Studying ecosystem
can help us to discover the beauty of environment, we find better ways to
maintain less damage of ecosystems.
2. What are the differences and similarities among the five biogeochemical cycles,
particularly in the roles organism play in them?
➢ Firstly, let us take a look at five biogeochemical cycles; water cycle, carbon cycle,
nitrogen cycle, phosphorus, and sulfur cycles. The differences of this five cycles
they have different roles for living organisms, each of them represent as worker,
they produce of green plants also they are crucial how organisms can live and
how our world functions. On the other hand similarities of these five cycles they
work together to release their respective elements to into the atmosphere.
3. How does energy move through a food web?
➢ I guess energy move through a food web by abreabing energy coming from
producers which is the grasses and plants, to consumers which is the living
organisms such like animal. Food web represents feeding relationship within a
community. It also implies the transfer of food energy from its source in plants
through herbivores to carnivores (Krebs 2004).
4. What is the definition of ecology?
➢ According to my research ecology study of the relationship between organisms
and their environment, and the balances between these relationships.

Self – instruction Break!

Research and read information about the sulfur cycle. Discuss sulfur cycle using the
given figure on the right.
Key points
✓ The sulfur cycle describes the movement of sulfur through the geosphere and
biosphere. Sulfur is released from rocks through weathering, and then
assimilated by microbes and plants. It is then passed up the food chain and
assimilated by plants and animals, and released when they decompose.
A. Biological importance – sulfur is important for the functioning of proteins and
enzymes in plants, and animals that depend upon plants for sulfur. Plants absorb
sulfur when it is dissolved in water.
B. Forms available to life – Atmospheric sulfur is found in the form of sulfur dioxide
and as rain falls through the atmosphere, sulfur is dissolved in the form of weak
sulfuric acid, sulfur can also fall directly form the atmosphere in a process called
fallout.
C. Reservoir – The global sulfur cycle is a complex network of processes that
transfer sulfur between four brain reservoirs: The ocean, the ocean floor basalts,
evaporate deposits and reduced marine sediments.
D. Key process – The sulfur cycle is made up of 4 steps: mineralization, oxidation,
reduction and incorporation.
 Assessment
A. Multiple choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer
to your GE 1 notebook and the Google form that will be sent by your
instructions.
1. B. Landscape ecology
2. D. Cold winter months
3. A. In different biomes at different latitudes
4. A. Tropical rainforest
5. D. Fungus Detritivore
6. D. Tundra
7. D. Tropical forest
8. C. Symbiosis
9. B. Resource partitioning
10. C. Detritus
B. Table Matrix. Write the information being asked in the table below.
Biome Distribution Precipitation Temperature Plants Animals Human Impact

Tundra The high Tundra The arctic Some plants Polar bear,
-mining
latitudes of regions Tundra, that grow in musk ox, operations
the northern typically get where the the tundra snowy owl,
Pollution from
hemisphere loss than 25 average include short arctic fox,
extracting oil
in a belt centimeters temperature shrubs, reindeer and gas has
around the (10 inches) is -30 to 20 sedges, caribou and
polluted the air
Artic Ocean. of degrees grasses, arctic hare.
and many
precipitation Fahrenheit (- flowers, birch bodies plants.
annually. 34 to -6 tree and Many animals
degree willow trees. have died from
Celsius. the poisonous
chemicals in oil.
Boreal Found Precipitation The average Needeleaf, Elk, Roe, Logging, mining,
forest between 50° is primarily in temperature coniferous deer, musk hydroelectric
and 60° the forms of is estimated (gymnosperm) deer, the development,
northern snow 40-100 between – tree are the wood bison, and oil and gas
latitudes, cm annually. 30°f and - dominant the beaver project.
just South of 65°f. Also, an plants of the grizzly,
Arctic circle, average of taiga biome. black
the boreal 16-39 inches Prices, bears, Elk,
forest of snowfall quaking moose,
stretches has been aspen, pinus woodland
over the recorded in and abies are caribou.
northern the forest some plants
hemisphere during winter. found in
in a large. boreal plants.
Temperate Pacific It rains about Temperatures Mosses, spike American Farming,
rain forest temperate from 60 – range from mosses, ferns black bear, mining, hunting,
rain forests 200 inches 32°f to 68°f, and lichens Bob cat, logging and
of North (150-500 cm) which is festoon tree, wolf, urbanization are
American each year. much colder trunks and raccoon, some of the
Pacific than tropical branches. deer mice, human activities
Northwest areas. Lichen, moss, Townsends that have
as well as wild flowers chipmunk, affected
the and other mink, negatively this
Appalachian plants. shrews, biome
temperate pure
rainforest of sisken,
the Eastern mountain
U.S. lion.
Temperate The areas in On average, The averages Maples, Oak, Deer, These include
deciduous which this biome daily American raccoons, land use history,
forest deciduous receives 750 temperature beech, opossums, current land
forests are to 1, 500 mm range Hickory porcupines, management,
located get (30 to 59 between - lichen, moss, red foxes, climate change,
about. 750 inches of rain 30°C (-22°F) ferns, muskat, fire suppression
to 1, 500 per year. and 30°C wildflowers, lemurs, changes in
mm. found (86°F) with a small plants American atmospheric
across yearly burying chemistry.
Europe and average of beetle
in the USA. 10°C (50°F)
Temperate Found in Grassland The Purple Swift fox, The biggest
Grassland various receive temperature needlegrass, bison, impact that
regions around 500 can vary from blue grama, mexican humans have on
North and to 900 -40 degrees buffalo grass, prairie dog, grassland is by
South of the millimeters Fahrenheit to and galleta wolves, deve8 open
equator (20-35 more than flowers zebras, areas for
including inches) 0f 100 degrees include horses and farming or urban
Argentina, rain per Fahrenheit. asters, lions development.
Australia, Year. blazing stars,
and central coneflowers,
North goldenrods,
America. sunflower
Chaparral The The The winter is Chamise, Kangaroo Includes the
Chaparral Chaparral very mild and cayote brush, rat, pumas, creation of
biome is area receives is usually toyon, eastern water,
found in about 38-100 about 50°f mountain spotted diversions,
small cm (15-39) of (10°C). Most mahogany, skunk, damming, and
sections of precipitation of the rain I scrub oak, lizards, competition by
most a year. this biome Yucca, trees coyotes, invasive plant
continents, comes in the and cacti. jack rabbits, and animal
including the winter the mule deer, species.
west coast summer is alligator
of the United hot and dry at lizards and
States, the up to 100°F money
west coast (37.5,°C). bees.
of South
America.
Desert Found in Most 50 Rise to an Cactus, Mammal, Human
north centimeters average of Creosote Bactrian exploration of
America, (20 inches) 38°C (a little bust, barrel camel, fragile
Greenland, of rainfall a cover 100°F). cactus, kangaroo ecosystem can
Europe, and year desert At night, brittlebush, rat, fennec lead to the
Asia get about desert desert fox, bobcat, droughts and
250 temperature marigold, addax,etc arid conditions.
millimeters fall to an agave, desert Effects include
(10 inches) average of - lily and etc. land
of rain per 3.9°C (about degradation, soil
year the least 25°F). erosion and
amount of sterility, and a
rain of all of loss of
the biomes. biodiversity.

Savanna The largest Average Mean Rhodes Elephant, Positive impacts

areas of annual monthly grass, red mammal, that humans
savanna are rainfall of temperature oats grass, lion, have land on
found in 76.2 – 101. 6 are at or star grass, wildebeest , savanna is,
Africa, cm (30-40 above 64°F lemon grass, carnivores, human are
South inches). and annual shrubs zebra etc. starting develop
America, Savanna has precipitation more and more
Australia, both a dry averages preserve and
India. between 30 wildlife parks
 and a rainy and 50 that are
season inches protecting
animals from
hunters.

Tropical Mainly Rainfall Mean Orchids, Jaguar, Environmentalist

forest located exceeds temperature Bromeliads, reptiles, estimate that we
between the about 1, 800 in tropical Liana, palms, birds, are losing 137
latitudes of to 2.500 M rainforest cacao, fig, mammal, plant, animal,
23. 5°N (the (about 70 to regions are Brazil nut, monkeys, and insect
tropic of 100 inches) between 20 pitcher plants Anacondas species
Cancer) and annually and and 29°C (68 etc. everyday due to
23°.5 the occurs fairly and 84°F), rainforest
tropic evenly and in no deforestation.
Capricorn throughout more the
central and the year. mean
south temperature
America, below 18°C
western and (64°F)
central
Africa,
western
India,
Southeast
Asia. The
island of
New Guinea
and
Australia.

C. ILLUSTRATION. Visualize an ecosystem with varied living and non – living

things. Discuss your illustration ( how does the biotic and abiotic factors relate
with each other?)

Biotic is in line on living things such as plants, human, animals,

bacteria etc. Abiotic on the other hand is non living things such as
water, soil, air, light etc. Biotic and abiotic factors both influence each
other, these two can relate each other by using their abilities, let me
cite an example, the sun is crucial to all living things especially to
plants animals and human which is living things, they need the sun to
grow and for vitamins, in that case we can say that even though they
have different abilities they still have connections and they still relate
to each other because biotic factors defend on the abiotic factors.
D. Article Writing. Choose a partner in your location. Brainstorm a habitat you
can observe in your area and relate the things you see to the information
you’ve learned about the ecosystem. Limit your article with two – three
paragraph.
Habitat: Forest is a home of living and Non – living things
Ma. Lyn E. Diaz
Justin Ayezza D. Bautista
Everybody has the right to live in a peaceful, safe, and protected place.
Whether you are human, animals and plants. Habitat home means security
because we know it’s healthier. There are well over five thousand (5000)
endangered species on earth and humans are the cause of it, based of our
observational that we can see in any articles and videos. Many animals are
suffering and several hundred are already extinct according to our research.

Research has found that preserving habitat is essential to preserving biodiversity.

Preservation of these habitat helps to prevent the entire ecosystem being
harmed. As more and more species face extinction, the work being done to
protect wildlife is becoming more and more important. My partner and I observed
in our area where animals other living organisms live freely in what we call forest
or can also be called farms. There is food, water, and other things they need.
When it comes to home, all living organisms are deserve to have home that they
need to live and survive, if we notice in our ecosystem we all have different roles,
uses and abilities whether it is living things or non – living things. We are all
connected, for instance we are people which is living things, in order to live we
need water, air, sun and light for us to live which is these are part of non- living
things. That’s why what we learned in the ecosystem lesson is that every one is
equal, whether it is living or non – living things, everything has a purpose.

All things considered have a purpose in this Earth. Moreover, all of us can make
a difference, the more we are concerned and ecosystem become better, more
peaceful mind and happier lives we’ll have of each organism.