Republic of the Philippines

SAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

General Education Department
Campetic Road, Palo, Leyte

UNIT 01 LEARNING TASK 01

The Bottled Ecosystem

Name: Mary Rayshiel A. Suyom Subject & Course Code: ENVISCI - 367

Introduction:
Students investigate the interactions that take place among several variables of a closed
ecosystem simulation. The activity described herein will cover the day of the ecosystem setup.
Instruction is given in concepts, hypothesis formation, building the ecosystem and data
collection preparation. The following lesson, given one to two weeks after this part, will cover
data presentation, comparative analysis of results and hypothesis confirmation/rejection.

Materials/Equipment: (Kindly input the materials used during the experiment)

• Two 2-liter bottles with caps
• Soil
• Seeds (fast-growing seeds are ideal)
• Two candle wicks
• Water
• Ruler or measuring tape
• Box cutter (only with an adult's help)
• Scissors
• Drill (only with an adult's help)
• Locking pliers (also known as a vice grip)
• Safety glasses
• Marker

Procedure: (Kindly input the procedures during the experiment)

1. With the marker, draw a line around one of the bottles about 2 inches (5 cm) below the curve.
2. Put on your safety glasses.
3. Ask an adult to use the box cutter to create a slit along the line that your scissors can fit into.
4. Use the scissors to cut the rest of the way around the line. The bottom part of the bottle will be the
lower section of your ecosystem, the “reservoir” for your water. The top of the bottle, with the cap on,
will be the lid for your planter.
5. On the second bottle, draw a line about 2 inches (5 cm) from the bottom.
6. With the help of an adult, cut the along the line as you did with the first bottle. The top portion of the
bottle will be the planter.

PREPARED BY: Ms. Aire Shane Tabarnero, LPT

7. With the help of an adult, place the other bottle cap in the vice grip. Then drill a hole through the
center of the cap large enough for two wicks.
8. Soak the two wicks in water and thread through the hole in the cap.
9. Screw the cap onto the planter bottle.
10.Fill 1/3 of the reservoir bottle with water. Then place the planter bottle inside the reservoir bottle
with the capside pointed down, making sure the wicks reach the bottom of the water.
11.Add soil* to the planter making sure that the top halves of the wicks are buried in the soil and not
stuck to the side of the planter.
12.Plant seeds* in the soil at the appropriate depth and spacing for the type of seed.
13.Put the lid bottle on top of the ecosystem and place in a warm spot for the seeds to germinate.

PREPARED BY: Ms. Aire Shane Tabarnero, LPT

WORKSHEET 1

Name: Mary Rayshiel A. Suyom Subject & Course Code: ENVISCI - 367

1. Ecosystem is composed of abiotic and biotic factors that sustains life on earth. In your
experiment, what are the biotic and abiotic factors that help support your bottled ecosystem?
2. Why are the biotic and abiotic factors present in your bottled ecosystem important in
sustaining life?
3. Did your plant survive after the experiment was done? If yes, why? If no, what happened?
4. Organization is important in an ecosystem. It is the complex structure of our ecosystem that
helps give life on earth. What was the systematic structure of our ecosystem based on the
experiment that was done?

PREPARED BY: Ms. Aire Shane Tabarnero, LPT

ANSWER #1.
- The factors that helps our bottled ecosystem are the biotic were the plant (santan) and
the abiotic were the bottle, cloth, soil and water.

ANSWER #2.
- Biotic and Abiotic factors were the important materials to sustaining life because
Abiotic factors are the non-living parts of the environment that have a major influence
on living organisms. They can help determine things like how tall trees grow, where
animals and plants are found, and why birds migrate. The most important abiotic
factors include water, sunlight, oxygen, soil and temperature while the Biotic factors
refer to all living organisms from animals and humans, to plants, fungi, and bacteria.
The interactions between various biotic factors are necessary for the reproduction of
each species and to fulfil essential requirements like food.

ANSWER #3.
- Yes, our plant did survive because I placed it were there’s no so much rays of sunlight
and we did the right planting in the bottle also it has consuming enough water through
the cloth.

ANSWER #4.
- The structure of an ecosystem is characterized by the organization of both biotic and
abiotic components. This includes the distribution of energy in our environment. It also
includes the climatic conditions prevailing in that particular environment.

PREPARED BY: Ms. Aire Shane Tabarnero, LPT