RECAP!

● DIRECTIONS: match the descriptions in column a with the items in column.

Column A Column B
j. 1. Organisms that can make their own food. a. Consumers
b. 2. Organisms that feed on dead animals and wastes. b. Decomposers

a. 3. A series of organisms that feed on each other. c. Food chain

c. 4. Organisms that get energy by feeding on plants and other organisms. d. Food web

g. 5. The relationship between biotic and abiotic factors in a certain place. e. Estuary

h. 6. It refers to all living organisms in the environment. f. Intertidal zone

i. 7. It refers to nonliving physical and chemical in the environment. g. Ecosystem

d. 8. Consist of two or more food chains. h. Biotic factors

f. 9. The area where land meets the sea, between high and low tide zones. i. Abiotic factors

10. The area where a river meets the oceans, where fresh and saltwater j. Producer
e.
mixed.
Identify the following organism if it is a producer,
consumer, or decomposer.

● 1. shrimp Consumer
● 2. seaweed Producer
● 3. fungi Decomposer
● 4. human Consumer
● 5. mangrove Producer
● 6.bacteria Decomposer
Protection and
Conservation of
estuaries an
intertidal zones
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to;

● Enumerate ways of conserving and protecting

estuaries and intertidal zones.

● understand the importance of protecting and

conserving estuaries and intertidal zones.
● The ecosystem has estuaries.
River water and seawater meet in
estuaries.
● Estuaries have brackish water is a
mixture of salty and fresh water.
Estuaries are also known as
“nurseries of the seas”. Birds,
mammals and fish thrive and
multiply there.
● Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body
of water, called saline water.
● Tides contributes to an increase of salinity in the estuary.
● Our environment is under serious threat. Some threats are natural
others are man-made. Estuaries and intertidal zones in the
environment are being destroyed.
● Like other ecosystems, estuaries and intertidal zones needs to be
protected because of the presence of organisms that are
dependent on their unique conditions. Our country is rich in
different forms of ecosystem because of the presence of so many
rivers and along shorelines.
 ● People are one of the biggest threats in estuaries and intertidal zones.
● These human activities include
Pollution Overpopulation Deforestation Land reclamation

Overfishing Mining And industrialization

● What are the natural phenomena that harms
estuaries and intertidal zones?
● Natural Phenomena that threats the ecosystem includes
Typhoon Landslide

Flood ecosystem
● We can protect and conserve estuaries and intertidal
zones by being informed and getting involved, taking
full responsibility on our own backyard, practicing
good housekeeping, and giving respect and concern to
our environment.
● People should examine their daily activities. Their
activities may contribute to problems to
environment. Estuaries and intertidal zones must
be protected. Planting programs and clean-up
drive of the surrounding must be done.
● Estuaries and intertidal zones
are very important because
thousands of species of birds,
mammals, fish and other
wildlife live here. They depend
on them to live, feed and
reproduce. They also provide us
with a range of resources and
services. Without them, life as
know it will not be possible.
People will starve as they lose
one of their main food source.
● Directions: identify which human activities and natural phenomena can
harm the estuaries and intertidal zones.
Overfishing landslides tsunami tourist development planting tree mining
storm surge using toxic pesticides floods
Improper waste disposal boating typhoon

Human activities that can harm estuaries and Natural phenomena that can harm estuaries and
intertidal zones intertidal zone

Overfishing landslides

tourist development tsunami

mining storm surge

using toxic pesticides floods

Improper waste disposal typhoon