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Department of Education
REGION XII
DIVISION OF SULTAN KUDARAT
LAMBAYONG SECONDARY CLUSTER

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: ____________________________ Grade & Section: _______________ Score: _____

Subject: Science 8 Teacher: ___________________________
Quarter: _____4__________ Week: ____4 LAS 1________ MELC Code: S8LT-IVg-19

Species Diversity

A. What’s New
A species is a group of organisms that are able to interbreed successfully and
produce fertile offspring who themselves can reproduce. Each species is
reproductively isolated from every other species. Therefore, gene exchange occurs
only between the populations of a species but not between populations of different
species. You cannot breed with other species.

B. What Is It
• What happens when gene flow does not occur between the populations?

When there is no gene flow, the populations become reproductively isolated

and over time the populations will become separate species – a process known as
speciation.

• What are the two types of speciation?

There are two types of speciation: allopatric and sympatric.

• In allopatric speciation, a population is split into two by a geographic barrier.

The barrier may be a mountain, river, ocean, valley, desert, or anything that
physically prevents the mating between individuals of two populations of the
same species.

• In sympatric speciation, two or more species arise from a single ancestral

species in the absence of physical barriers. Some pre-mating and post-mating
barriers such as food preference, mating behavior or sterility, prevent effective
gene exchange between the reproducing individuals. And when reproductive
isolation has been established, speciation will have occurred.

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C. Learning Activities
True or False. Write True if the statement is correct and False if the statement is
incorrect. (2pts each)

_______ 1. Genus is a group of related species.

_______ 2. Allopatric speciation happens when two populations of the same species
become isolated from each other due to geographic changes.
_______ 3. The criterion used to distinguish between two species is based on physical
traits.
_______ 4. Sympatric speciation occurs when two groups of the same species live in
the same geographic location, but they evolve differently until they can no
longer interbreed and are considered different species.
_______ 5. The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and
change is called natural selection.

4. True 2. True
5. True 3. True 1. True
Answer Key

E. References
Pia C. Ocampo, May R. Chavez, Maria Helen D.H. Catalan, Ph.D., et. Al. Science-
Grade 8 & Learner’s Material p. 224. First Edition, 2013. 2nd Floor Dorm G, Philsports
Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, Philippines 1600.

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School: LAMBAYONG SECONDARY SCHOOL CLUSTER

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