COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE
• Body parts that are
useless or left over from
a previous ancestor in
which they were useful.
Pelvic bones of a whale
Wings of the Ostrich
Tailbone of Human
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POPULATION
a g ro u p o f o r ga n i s m s o f t h e s a m e
species that live in a certain area.
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STABILITY
the resilience to withstand changes that may
occur in the environment.
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BIODIVERSITY
describes how varied living things are in specific
area.
Amazon Rainforest
Objectives:

• Explain biodiversity and stability

• Determine the organisms and their value in the
locality through a table
• Appreciate each organism in the ecosystem
through their value awareness
• Recognize the importance of living things found in
the community through the activity provided
BIODIVERSITY AND
STABILITY
BIODIVERSITY
• Is a term that describes
how varied living things
are in a specific area.
BIODIVERSITY
• Organisms are part of biodiversity
a n d m ay b e e co n o m i ca l l y a n d
ecologically valuable.
• These organisms are important in
maintaining balance in the
ecosystem as they performing their
specific roles.
• Biodiversity makes the ecosystem
balance and stable.
Why organisms are important?
• Their products are sources of food, medicine, clothing, shelter, and
energy.
• Some species maintain the quality of natural bodies of water; some
prevent soil erosion and floods, cycle minerals in the soil and absorb
pollutants.
• Others feed on insects and pests which control population of
organisms in a certain environment.
STABILITY
• The resilience to withstand changes that may occur in the
environment.

GREATER
GREATER STABILITY
BIODIVERSITY

LESSER LESSER
BIODIVERSITY STABILITY
The value of species can be
divided into three categories

DIRECT ECONOMIC INDIRECT ECONOMIC AESTHETIC VALUE

VALUE VALUE
1. Direct economic value –
the species are sources
of the basic needs of
human such as food,
medicine, clothing,
shelter, and energy.
- Lagundi- Vitext negundo is
extracted for cough syrup
production.
• - Vinblastine and
vinscristine are two
chemicals that have been
extracted from this plant
(Tsitsirika) are used to
treat cancer.
 2. Indirect economic value
– a species has an
indirect economic value
if there are benefits
produced by the
organism without using
them.

PLANTING TREES TO PREVENT

LANDSLIDE AND FLOODS
3. Aesthetic value – the species
provides visual or artistic
enjoyment. Example: forested
landscape and calming beauty
of a natural park, or spiritual
meditation like the Prayer
Mountains.
 Directions: Identify five organisms that can be found in your locality and
are valuable to your life. Then you will classify the value by putting a
happy face (�) on the space column.
Organism Value Direct Indirect Aesthetic Guide questions:
economic economic value 1. A r e a n y o f t h e s e
organisms endangered
value value
or ?threatened? If so,
why
1.
2. H o w d o b i o d i v e r s i t y
2. affect stability of an
3. ecosystem?
3. How can individuals or
4.
communities help
5. protect and conserve
these organisms?
 BIODIVERSITY

STABILITY

DIRECT ECONOMIC INDIRECT ECONOMIC AESTHETIC VALUE

VALUE VALUE - the species provides
-the species are sources -a species has an indirect visual or artistic
of the basic needs of economic value if there enjoyment.
human such as food, are benefits produced by
medicine, clothing, the organism without
shelter, and energy. using them.
• After learning about the biodiversity and stability,
what are effective ways to educate others about
the importance of biodiversity and the need for
environmental protection?
• What makes biodiversity important to people?
Assignment
• On a 1/2 crosswise, write your reflection on the given situation.
Now that you appreciated the importance of biodiversity, try to
examine how the population of organisms in an ecosystem affect
biodiversity? Write two sentences only.