ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

GRADE 7
MELC TOPIC
Describe the nature and scope of environmental science  Definitions and Fields
 Earth Systems and Environmental Science
 Population, Resources, and Environmental
Sustainability

Describe the different ecological concepts and principles  Ecology and Its Components
 Ecosystems and its Components
 Ecological Description of Species
 Ecological Niches and Resource Partitioning
Describe the different ecological concepts and principles
 Role of Producers, Consumers, and
Decomposers
Analyze diagrams in explaining how materials cycle in the  The Carbon Cycle
environment  The Nitrogen Cycle

 Hydrologic Cycle
 Activity:
 The Sulfur Cycle
 Phosphorus Cycle

Trace the pathway of materials and that of energy in the  The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
environment.  The Path of Energy Flow in Ecosystems
o Energy Pyramid
 The Path of Energy Flow in Ecosystems
o Food Chain
o Food Web
 Ecosystem Productivity

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

OCTOBER 27-28 (FIRST QUARTER TEST)

OCTOBER 26 (SUBMISSION OF PORTFOLIO)