Republic of the Philippines

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY-CCAT

Cavite College of Arts and Trades Campus
Rosario, Cavite

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

GNED 06: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

LESSON 4: Genetically Modified Organism

Name: Maarlim Dann C. Dioneda

Course/Year/Sec.: BSBM 201-E

I. Direction. Complete the table below. 10 points each.

Genetic Diversity Species Diversity Ecosystem Diversity

Explanation: Explanation: Explanation:

● The different habitats
● Genetic diversity ● Every living or ecosystem of
refers to the variation organism belongs to every living organism
in genes that make a different biological a particular area refer
up a living organism. organization that can to "ecosystem
Each living organism be found in a given diversity." Every
has different genetic ecological plant or animal is
characteristics that community, which composed of
make them diverse, creates species different gene
and that diversity is diversity. It is characteristics that
important as it important to maintain cause them to have
strengthens the species diversity to different places
ability of species and have a healthy where they live or can
populations to adapt ecosystem that is survive.
to changing more sustainable and
environments. stable.

Example: Example: Example:

● The varieties of ● An example of ● A cat can live on

banana include species diversity is land, but fish can't.
Lakatan, Latundan, the 80,000 plant ● A hamster cannot
species, including
Bungulan, Saba, and live in Antarctica, but
giant water lilies,
many more. Though passion flowers, a penguin can.
they are all bananas, coffee plants, and too
they have different many others to
characteristics that mention, that can be
make them differ found in the large
tropical rainforest,
from one another
which is the Amazon
because of the plant rainforest.
breeding the farmers
 do when planting to
produce a new hybrid
variety of banana.

II. Using the Venn Diagram, compare and contrast In situ conservation to Ex situ Conservation. 10 points.

 In this type of conservation,

plants or animals are being
conserved and protected in
their natural habitat to  In this type of conservation,
It is a plants or animals are removed
maintain the number of their biological from their natural habitat and
species and their natural process used placed in a man-made habitat
behavior as they stay in to conserve that is designed to replicate
their original environment. plant and their original habitat. This aim
This is the best way to animal to protect plants or animals
species. from their predators.
conserve their species and
naturally maintain their
evolution as a plant or
animal.

In Situ Conservation Ex Situ Conservation

Prepared by:

ROMMEL MARIANO
Instructor, DAS