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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 1
Earth as a Source of Life
Science – Grade 2 SSES
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4– Module 1: Earth as a Source of Life
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 1
Earth as a Source of Life
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Science – Grade 2 SSES Alternative Delivery
Mode (ADM) module on Earth as a Source of Life.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and
reviewed by educators both from public and private institutions to
assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet
the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into
guided and independent learning activities at their own pace
and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see
this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will help you in guiding

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on

how to use this module. You also need to keep track of the
learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own
learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:
Welcome to the Science –Grade 2 SSES Alternative
Delivery Mode (ADM) module on Earth as a Source of Life.
This module was designed to provide you with fun
and meaningful opportunities for guided and
independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the
learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and
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idea of the skills or
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expected to learn in
the
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about the lesson to take.
If you get all the
answers correct (100%),
you may decide to skip
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module.
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review to help you link
the current lesson with
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What’s New In this portion, the
new lesson will be
introduced to you in
various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a
problem opener, an
activity or a situation.
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lesson. This aims to help
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exercises using the
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module.
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Learned
questions or blank
sentence/paragraph to
be filled in to process
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the lesson.

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 What I Can Do This section provides
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another activity will be
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of
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to all activities in the
module.

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sources used in
developing this
module.

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 1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary
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sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
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We hope that through this material, you will
experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You
can do it!

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in

mind. It is here to help you master the skill in inferring that
the Earth is the resource for life and one’s needs. The
scope of this module permits it to be used in many

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different learning situations. The lessons are arranged to
follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order
in which you read them can be changed to correspond
with the textbook you are now using.
This module is about:

Lesson 1- Earth as a Source of life

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the different natural resources found on Earth;
2. infer that the Earth is the source of life and one’s
needs; and
3. appreciate the importance of the Earth’s natural
resources in our everyday living and to other living
organisms.

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your

answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. How many percent of land comprises the Earth?
A. 10 %
B. 20 %
C.30%
D. 40%
2. Which of the following is a mixture of gases that
makes up the Earth’s atmosphere?
A.air
B.Earth
C.planet
D. soil
3. Which of the following covers the biggest part of the
Earth’s surface?
A.air
B.land
C.rocks
D. water
4. What solid portion of the Earth is responsible
for vegetation?
A.air
B.atmosphere
C.land
D. water

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 5. What is the third planet in the solar system and
a home for billions of living things?
A.Earth
B.Mercury
C.Saturn
D. Venus
Lesson

1 Earth as a Source of Life

Earth is the only planet in the solar system that has

living organisms. It gives everything we need, air that we
breathe, water that we drink and food that we eat.
In this module, you will also understand the
importance of the resources of the Earth in supporting the
life of living organisms.

What’s In
Write Yes if the statement shows care for the Earth’s
resources or No if it is NOT. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Children help their parents in planting trees.
2. My little sister destroys our plants in the garden.
3. My mother waters the plants every day.
4. The boy is wasting water by not turning off the
faucet when not in use.
5. The students joined the campaign “Stop Cutting Trees”.

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 What’s New

Let us read the poem below and answer

the questions that follow.
Earth is a Unique
Planet by Carmel L.
Arriola

Mother Earth, Mother Earth;

you are a great place to be.
Mother Earth, Mother Earth;
home planet for you and
me.

Use our Earth’s resources with

care, it is the only planet we all
share.
So, people let us all beware;
in using living things, we are the heirs.

Mother Earth, Mother Earth;

you are a great place to
be.
Mother Earth, Mother Earth;
home planet for you and
me.

All the resources that you give;

like land, water, and air we receive.
To sustain the life, we always achieve;
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thus, our duty is to conserve it and retrieve.

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 Answer the following questions.
1. How is the Earth described in the poem?
2. How should we take care of our Earth?
3. What are the things that Earth can give us in order
to survive?

What is It

Earth is the planet where we live.

It is rich in resources that support
different forms of life.
It is where we can find living
organisms, interacting with each other
and their non-living environment such
as land, water, and air.
Land as a source of life
The solid part of the earth is land. It is the ground
that we step on.
It covers about 30% of the Earth’s surface. It is
made up of soil, rocks, and other minerals.
Land is important because people live here.

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 Also, land is a habitat for many living things. This is
where plants grow and land animals live.

People use land for farming to produce food that we

eat.

People get food from plants and animals.

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 Water as a source of life
According to the Environmental Health Practitioner
Manual (2012), living organisms need water to survive.
Water is one of the most important substances on Earth.
People, plants, and animals must have water to survive. If
there is no water there will be no life on Earth.
It covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface. Bodies of
water such as oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes are home
to some plants and animals.
Water has many uses. What uses of water do you see
in the pictures?

Also, marine and aquatic animals need water as their habitat.

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Air as a source of life
We all need air to survive. Air contains oxygen and
carbon dioxide useful to plants and animals.

Carbon dioxide exhaled by humans and animals into

the atmosphere are used by plants to make their own
food through the process of photosynthesis.
All green plants during the process of photosynthesis,
release oxygen back into the atmosphere to be used by
people and animals for breathing.
Atmosphere

Oxygen

carbon dioxide

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 What’s More
Activity 1: Determine the source of life that is being
described in each statement. Write letter A for Air, L for
Land and W for water. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. It is here where sharks and whales live.
2. It contains oxygen and carbon dioxide useful to
plants and animals.
3. This is the ground where you build shelter.
4. It is the most important substance that helps us
to stay hydrated.
5. This is where we can find mountains and forests
and animals also live.

Activity 2: Determine the word being described in each

statement by arranging the jumbled letters. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
D L A N 1. People use this Earth’s resource for farming.
R W A E T 2. We use this resource in watering our plants.
R E A T H 3. This is the only place where land, water,
and air exist.
R A I 4. It is the mixture of gases that we breathe.
L A N T S P 5. They absorb carbon dioxide and release
oxygen from their leaves, which humans and other
animals need for breathing.

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 Activity 3: Match the picture in Column A and look for
its effect on the surroundings in Column B. Write your
answers in a separate sheet of paper.
A B
1.
A. results in air pollution

polluted water

2.
B. provides home for
smoke from factories and vehicles
many birds

3.

C. provide clean
draught land
habitat for the fishes

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4. D. causes the death of
tree planting marine and aquatic life

E. causes shortage on
5.
cleaning the food production

What I Have Learned

Fill the blanks with the correct word to complete

each sentence. Choose your answer from the words
inside the box and write it on a separate sheet of paper.

air Earth land plants water

The only planet in the solar system that supports life is

(1) . The (2) is made up of soil, rocks,
and other minerals. (3) is one of the most

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important substances on Earth that helps us to stay
hydrated. (4) contains oxygen and carbon
dioxide useful to plants and animals. (5) use
carbon dioxide of the air to make their own food by the
process called photosynthesis.

What I Can Do

Identify the resources that sustain the life of different

living creatures present in the pictures below. Write LAND,
WATER or AIR as your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. 4.

2. 5.

3.

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 Assessment

Read the following questions and choose the letters

of the correct answers. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following planets has living organisms?
A. Earth C. Mercury
B.Mars D. Saturn
2. What is the solid part of the Earth’s surface that
is made up of soil, rocks, and other minerals?
A. air C. land
B.Earth D. water
3. What is the sources of the Earth that is responsible
for breathing?
A. air C. photosynthesis
B.atmosphere D. water
4. Which of the following covers the 70% of the Earth’s
surface?
A. air C. land
B.Earth D. water
5. What is the Earth’s resources where marine
and aquatic animals used as their habitat?
A. air C. land
B.carbon dioxide D. water

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Answer Key

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References
Pizarro, Socorro S. and Ethel Grace A. Ramos. 2017.The New Science Links 2, Rex Printing Company.
Quezon City pp. 278

Buentipo, Eleonor B. and Rosalinda M. Cupcupin. 2013. Real Life Science. ABIVA Publishing House, Inc.
Quezon City pp. 368-369

https://sciencing.com/importance-air-6330367.html

http://www.fao.org/3/U5835E/u5835e03.html

https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/what-makes-earth-suitable-for-life-1518083138-1

Environmental Health Practitioner Manual (2012),

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