PERFORMANCE TASK 1

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

Direction: Arrange the process on how protein is made using information from DNA.
Transcription to translation (1-8)
RNA molecule breaks away as the DNA rejoin. The RNA leaves the nucleus and goes to the
cytoplasm
RNA polymerase binds to gene promoter and opens the molecule that will be transcribed.
RNA polymerase slides along the DNA and links free RNA nucleotides that pair with the
nitrogenous bases of the complementary DNA strand
As the process continues, a chain of amino acids is formed until the ribosome reaches a stop
codon on the mRNA strand. Protein synthesis is complete when polypeptide is released
Peptide bond is formed when first and second amino acids are in place.
A new tRNA molecule carrying an amino acids pair with the second mRNA codon.
AUG is usually first codon in mRNA, which code for methionine. AUG signals the start of
protein synthesis. Then ribosome slides along the mRNA to the next codon
mRNA binds to a ribosome, then tRNA molecules, each carrying a specific amino acid,
approach the ribosome

B. Fill in all the information below with the correct sequence.

Guide questions:
1. Explain how the structure of DNA enables the molecule to be easily transcribed? Why is this
important for genetic information?
2. Why is RNA important to cell?
3. How does a mRNA molecule carry information from DNA?
4. What is the role of tRNA in protein synthesis?
5. How does a tRNA molecule carrying its amino acid recognize which codon to attach?
6. Why it is important that stop codon be part of the protein synthesis?

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 PERFORMANCE TASK 2

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: GENE MUTATION

DIRECTIONS: Transcribe and translate the original DNA sequence. Then, do the same for each
mutated DNA sequence. Then, determine the consequence, if any, for each mutation, by circling your
choice for each question. You will need a Genetic Code Chart.

Original DNA Sequence: TAC ACC TTG GCG ACT

mRNA Sequence:
Amino Acids:

Mutated DNA Sequence #2: TACGACCTTGGCGACG

mRNA Sequence:
Amino Acids:
Type of Mutation:

Guide questions:
1. Which type of mutation is responsible for new variation of trait?
2. Which type of mutation results in abnormal amino acids?
3. Which type of mutation stops the translation of mRNA?

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 PERFORMANCE TASK 3

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: _____________

ACTIVITY: CHROMOSOMAL MUTATION

Guide questions:
1. How many chromosomes are involved?
2. How did you change the original structure of the chromosome?
3. Which condition/s do you think result/s to changes of chromosome material?
4.How translocation, deletion and inversion different from each other?
5. Do you think the normal genetic content of the chromosome is affected? How?
6. Which condition results to gain of chromosome material? Loss of chromosome material?

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 PERFORMANCE TASK 4
Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: FOSSIL RECORDS

WHAT'S MY AGE?

Direction: Use the information below to the answer. One-way scientists determine the age of fossils is
by checking the amount of radioactive carbon-14 in the fossil. Carbon-14 breaks down or decays to
form nitrogen-14; the rate of this decay is constant e.g. half of the remaining Carbon-14 breaks down
every 5730 years. Use this information and compute the age of the fossils on the next page.

Guide Questions:
1. What is the oldest fossil?
2. Why is it important to know the age of the fossil?

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 PERFORMANCE TASKS 5
Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

AHA! Analogous! Homologous!
Objectives:
1. Distinguish homologous structure from analogous structure.
2. Explain the relevance of comparative anatomy as evidence of evolution.
Materials: paper and pen
Directions: Write in the space provided if the structures below are homologous, A if they are analogous
and V if they are vestigial

CLASSIFICATION

Guide Questions:
1. Can you say that human, whale, and bat might belong to a common ancestral group? Explain.
2. Give other 2 set of examples for homologous structure, analogous structures and vestigial structures.

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 PERFORMACE TASK 6

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: GENETIC INFORMATION

LET’S COMPARE
Objectives:
• Compare the sequence of amino acids in the cytochrome C of the different vertebrates.
• Infer about the evolutionary relationship of the organisms from the differences in amino acid
sequence.
Copy and complete Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, and Table 5 to show the number of amino acid
differences and the position which they vary.

Guide Questions:
1. Based on the activity, which organism is closely related to humans?
2. Which organism is least related to humans?
3. Do you think the chimpanzee, gorilla, and humans have a common ancestral group? Explain.

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 PERFORMACE TASK 7

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: THEORIES OF EVOLUTION

COMPARE THE THEORIES

Direction: Identify the following statements if it describes Lamark’s Theory, Darwin’s Theory or BOTH
of them.

Who thought this --

Lamark, Darwin or
Topic both of them?

1. Organisms change overtime.

2. Organism change because they wanted to survive.

3. There was variation in population.

4. Certain traits help organism to survive and reproduce better

than other organisms without those traits

5. Organisms can never become extinct.

6. The environment has something to do with why organisms

changed.

7. Parents are able to pass on at least some of their traits to

their offspring.

8. Parents are able to pass on the traits they were born with.

9. Organisms could decide to change something about their

body and pass on their traits on their offspring.

10. Organisms are still changing.

 PERFORMACE TASK 8

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: ADAPTATION

Act: I Belong

Direction: Read and analyze the mode of adaptation of animals indicated in the box. You will complete
the table by choosing the correct statement from the box.

• Cheetah has long legs

• White herons love to stay with carabaos
• Camel has humps as its back
• Chameleon blends with the color of its surroundings
• Giraffe has long necks
• Goats stay in herds
• Cactus has small leaves
• Waterlilies has waxy- coated leaves on long stalks that contain many airs spaces
• Snake has venom
• Makahiya closes its leaves once touched

Behavioral Adaptation Structural Adaptation

Physiological Adaptation

Guide Questions:

1. Based on the activity, how do you define behavioral, physiological and structural adaptation?
2. How do plants animals adapt to their environment?
3. How does species diversity increase the probability of adaptation?

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 PERFORMACE TASK 9

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: VALUES OF SPECIES

I. Classify the Value of Biodiversity

Direction: List down the organisms found in the sea / near the sea and describe the value of organism.
Then, classify the value by putting a happy face ( ) on the space under the correct column.

Organism Value Direct Indirect Aesthetic Value

Economic Value Economic Value

Guide Questions:

1. Which species have direct economic, indirect economic, and aesthetic value?
2. Are they important to our ecosystem? Why?
Answer:

II. Direction: Fill up the diagram.

a. Factors affecting the stability of an ecosystem

b. Ways to make Ecosystem Stable
c. Effects of Unstable Ecosystem

A B C

Guide Questions:

1. How does biodiversity affect the stability of an ecosystem?

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 PERFORMACE TASK 10

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: POPULATION GROWTH AND CARRYING CAPACITY

Direction: Fill the difference of the terms in the chart below.

Density-dependent Limiting Factor Density-independent Limiting Factor

Logistic Population Growth Exponential Population Growth

Guide Questions:

1. What will happen if the population density is very high? Very low?
2. What is limiting factors?
3. What is the relationship between population growth to carrying capacity?
4. Name at least two factors that cause rapid increase in population.
5. Name at least 2 factors that cause a decrease in population.

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 PERFORMACE TASK 11

Name: _______________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

ACTIVITY: LIMITING FACTORS

I. Dependent or Independent?
Direction: Identify the following statement if it is density dependent or density independent.
Situation Density Dependent Limiting
or Density Factor
Independent?
Mrs. Rosales has 55 students in her biology class, but she has room
for 50. Because the room was crowded, the 5 students were asked
to go to the curriculum chairperson to change their schedules.
Dinoflagellates in Laguna de Bay increase in population due to an
increase in organic substance in the body of water brought by water
pollution.
The oil spill in Cavite area harmed many aquatic organisms in the
vicinity.
A new strain of Dengue virus breaks out in the country.
Super typhoon Yolanda caused many residents to leave Leyte.
Population of wild boar decreases because of deforestation.
An increase in population of house lizards in Barangay Himpot
causes a decrease in population of mosquitoes.

Guide questions:
1. What situations brought by human activities? What does it tell us?
2. What happens when there’s an increase of organic substance in the bodies of water? What will you do
to solve this problem?
Answers:

II. Cause and Effect: Read the causes on the left side of the chart then predict and write the effect on
the right side of the table.
Cause Effect
Statistics shows that the number of babies born
per day is double the number of deaths per day.

Palawan government creates more improvised

breeding areas for the endangered marine
turtles and coral reef fishes in their area.

Sharks are hunted and killed for their fins.

Guide Questions:
1. What are the effects of population growth?
2. How can you help stop illegal hunting of sharks?

Answers: