West Visayas State University

Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

NSCI III
PORTFOLIO

Submitted by:

NIXEN JOY L. LAUSING

RUFFA MAE GERNEL
JOSEL GASIS
JOHN MARK LUCEÑO
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

How Much Do You Know?

1. Who do you think is more responsible for pollution, individual people or the
government?
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2. What energy is used by the ecosystem’s autotrophic or self-sustaining

organisms?__________________________________________________.

3. What measures the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population

during a specified interval?
___________________________________________________________.

4. The phenomenon of climate change characterized by a general increase in

average temperatures of the Earth is
___________________________________________________________.

5. The law that protects and preserve the environment is the

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6. Organisms that can manufacture the organic compounds they use as sources of
energy and nutrients are
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7. Forest that is carefully managed so that as trees are felled they are replaced
with seedlings that eventually grow into mature trees is
___________________________________________________________.

8. Decrease in biodiversity within a species, an ecosystem, a given geographic

area is_________________________________________________________.

9. Earth’s atmosphere is divided into five major layers. The layers are based on
___________________________________________________________.

10. Term used to define the number of babies born every year per 1000 people in a
population is
___________________________________________________________.
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

Unit I: The Human Population

Activity
Where Can We Live?

WATER 70%
PERFECT
FOR
PEOPLE
3%

DESSERT 6% TOO COLD 6%

MOUNTAINS 5%
CANNOT GROW FOOD 5%
FOREST 5%

Water 70%
Desert 6%
Too cold 6%
Mountains 5%
Forest 5%
Cannot grow food 5%
Perfect for people 3%
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Total 100%

Your task: Imagine the large square above is our earth and each little square
represents 1% of the surface of the earth. Using the information given, colour the
squares to indicate how much of the world is habitable.
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

Analysis:

Answer these questions:

1. What impact could improved health and nutrition have on birth rates?
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2. Do you think that we are currently at our maximum food output, or are
we capable of growing more food than we do today?
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What impact do you think global communication has on our population
and resource use?
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

APPLICATION:
Applying What You Know
Answer the following:

Fill up what is defined in the box.

is a vital life-history strategy that has

1. DISPERSAL implications for gene flow, resource
competition, population dynamics, and
species’ distributions.

frequency of live births in a given

2. BIRTH RATE population, conventionally calculated as
the annual number of live births per
1,000 inhabitants.

3. POPULATION DENSITY is the average number of people living

per square mile/km.

refers to the number of people living in a

4. COMMUNITY particular area, from a village to the
world as a whole.

is the term used to define the number of

5. DEATH RATE deaths every year per 1000 people in a
population.
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

Unit II: Ecosystems: What Are They And How Do

They Work?

Activity: Word Hunt Find and circle the words in the grid, running in one of eight
possible directions horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and including backwards.

Name: NIXEN JOY L. LAUSING Score: _________

Course, Year & Section: BSED III-MATHEMATICS Date: __________

ECOSYSTEM CONSUMER ORGANISM

ENVIRONMENT DECOMPOSER PHOTOSYNTHESIS
LIVING CARNIVORE HABITAT
BALANCE HERBEVORE COMMUNITY
PRODUCER OMNIVORE PREDATOR
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Analysis:

CAN YOU PICK THEM OUT?

Look carefully at the pictures. In the box next to each of them, put a “P” if it is a
PRODUCER, a “C ” if it is a CONSUMER, or a “D” if it is a DECOMPOSER.
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You should have one box left over! Put an “S” in it. It is the source of energy for
the producers.
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

APPLICATION:
Applying What You Know
Answer the following:

Directions: Define each of the following terms.

Make sure you know the following vocabulary terms:

TERM DEFINITION

Ecosystem

Food Chain

Water CYcle

Food Web

Sulfur cycle

Nitrogen Cycle

Phosphorous Cycle

Carbon Cycle

Biosphere

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

Geosphere

Producer

Consumer

ASSESSMENT
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lambunao, Iloilo

Directions: Choose the correct answer. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

A. Grass-->cow-->human
B. Caterpillar-->leaf-->human
C. Cow-->grass-->human
D. Leaf-->bird-->caterpillar

2. How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?

A. They break down dead organisms and add nutrients back to the soil that plants
use.
B. They use the sunlight to make their own food that other organisms eat for
energy.
C. They help disperse seeds for plant growth.
D. Decomposers do not help other organisms in an ecosystem.

3. _____________ makes its own energy and begins the food chain.

A. consumer
B. producer
C. herbivore
D. decomposer

4. Which of the following lists only consumers?

A. Hawks, lizards, chipmunks

B. B. Acorns, squirrels, rabbits
C. Grass, chipmunks, eagles
D. Mice, squirrels, grass

5. When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters
the_________________ as carbon dioxide.
A. Water
B. Atmosphere
C. Sun
D. Air
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10. The hawk in this food web is a

A. Predator
B. Prey
C. Producer
D. Herbivore
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Lambunao Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
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