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Tropical Rainforest, Coral Reefs and
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Mangrove Swaps Y

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Objective:
Discuss the interactions among living things and
non-living things in tropical rainforests, coral
reefs, and mangrove swamps (S6MT-IIi-j-5)
Directions: Identify animals as vertebrates and invertebrates by
writing your answers in your notebook.
1. butterfly -
2. carabao -
3. chicken -
4. snail -
5. praying mantis -
6. ring worm –
7. sponge –
8. crocodile –
9. lobster -
10. ostrich -
 Living things and non-living things
interact with each other in a tropical
rainforest, coral reefs and mangrove
swamps. Living things include plants and
animals. Non-living things includes soil,
air, humidity, water, and sunlight.
An ecosystem is a community of living
organisms in conjunction with the
nonliving components of their environment,
interacting as a system.
As we go through this lesson, we should be
able to know:
What are components of an ecosystem What
are the important roles and relationship
between organism in each
ecosystem.
The following are found in tropical rainforests.
Classify them as living or non-living things.
Write your answers in your Science Journal.
Have you gone to a forest? How will you
describe this ecosystem? How do living and
non-living things interact in this ecosystem?
Write your answer in your Science Journal.
Tropical Rainforest are woodlands
composed mostly of all tall trees and
extensive foliage cover. They are regions
with yea round warmth and abundant
rainfall, and occupy 6 to 7 percent of earth
surface.
They produce a large percentage of the
needed oxygen on earth.
 Rainforests are also estimated to house more than
half of the world’s plant and animal species, most of
them still undiscovered. Rain forest grow in four
major layers:
1) The canopy or the top layers
2.) the subcanopy which is a layer of trees below the
canopy
3.) the understory which is the shady lower and
4.) the floor forest.
 More than 70% of the organism in the forest live in
the canopy and subcanopy. the shady understory
mostly has small palms, young trees, and non
woody plants.
 The floor of the forest has a thin layer of fallen
leaves and branches as well are scattered seeds and
fruits that some animals gather and eat. Several
varieties of fishes, amphibians , reptiles , birds and
mammals abound in the rainforest and its rivers.
 However, insects, are the most populous among the
animals sometimes with about 40 kinds of ants in
just one tree or 1200 kinds of beetles in just 19
individuals in tree crowns.
 A study has shown that there are possibly over 30
million insects dwelling in the canopies of tropical
rainforest. Because of the great diversity of life in
them, rainforest are ranked as the most complex on
land.
The Philippines used to have about 70% of its
rainforest a hundred years ago. Presently, only
less than 8% of the country rainforests are
untouched by deforestation and urbanization.
If deforestation does not stop, there might be
no more rainforests in the Philippines after 15
years.
How can you protect our
tropical rainforests?
Let’s Answer:
What is a rainforest?

Why is rain forest known as the

lungs of the earth?
Complete the chart. Copy this in
your answer sheet.
Assignment:
Research for the different
symbiotic relationship in a
tropical rainforest.
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What are the four major
layer of tropical
rainforests?
For today, Let’s discuss about
interaction among organisms in
a tropical rainforest.
Producers provide food for the
consumers which include herbivores-
plant eating animals and carnivores-
flesh eating animals. Herbivores
provide food to the carnivores.
Producers include trees, shrubs and
other plant life in the forest.
Feeding relationships like food chain
and food web occur among species in
the forest ecosystem. Food chain starts
with producer, a series of consumers and
decomposers. Food web results from the
interconnected food chains.
There are different organisms living in this
ecosystem which interact with each other. There
are interactions that exist among the organisms
in the tropical rainforests.
Living things and non-living things interact with each
other in a Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem. This
interaction enables the survival of living things and
affects non-living things. Can you identify the living
and non-living things in a
Tropical Rainforest? Discuss their interaction.

Example: Plants and carbon-dioxide - Plants need

carbon dioxide for food- making, in return, it releases
oxygen during the process of photosynthesis.
Are the interactions among living
things and non-living tings
important? Why?
 Complete the paragraph below. Choose your answer from the words inside
the box. Write your answer in your Science Journal.

I learned that...
The ______________ is an environment where both living and non-living things exist and
interact with one another.
The different layers of the rainforest are ________ ,_________ ,__________
and____________.
_________is a series of feeding relationship, while _________ is an inter-connected food
chain.
_______is an interaction where organisms live together without harming one another, for
example, the orchids (is) are attached to the trunk of a tree without harming it.
In_____________, both organisms benefit in the relationship. __________ is a kind of
interaction in which one organism kills smaller organisms for food.
Directions: The table below shows the different interactions in a
tropical rainforest ecosystem. Choose the correct organisms that
show the kind of interaction in the given ecosystem.
Draw an example of food chain
and food web in a tropical
rainforest.
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Match each picture to its correct interaction.
The following are found in coral reefs. Classify them
as living or non- living things. Write your answers in
your Science Journal.
1. crab
2. turtle
3. fish
4. sand
5. water
Have you gone to a coral reef? How will you describe
this ecosystem? How do living and non-living things
interact in coral reefs ecosystem.
Coral reefs are also one of the most biologically
diverse ecosystems on earth, and are “called the
rainforest of the sea”. They are mostly found in
shallow tropical seas. Coral reefs are made up of
limestones which is secreted by corals and deposited
in a period of thousands to millions of years. They can
be of three types: Fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and
atolls.
Fringing reefs are underwater stands
of living coral animals that grow fairly
close to the shore.
Barrier reefs occur farther offshore
and are separated
from the shoreline by channels called
lagoons.
Atolls are roughly circular
reef systems that surround a deep or
large lagoon.
Why coral reefs are they
important to marine lives?
Explain your answer.
How can you protect our
coral reefs?
Remember:
Coral reefs are part of marine biome
and sometime called “rainforest of the
sea.” they are built by millions of tiny
animals called coral polyps.
What type of coral reef is described in each sentence.
1. ________ are underwater stands of living coral
animals that grow fairly close to the shore.
2. __________ are roughly circular reef systems that
surround a deep or large lagoon.
3. ___________ occur farther offshore and are
separated
from the shoreline by channels called lagoons.
Reminder:
Review the lesson this week for the
summative assessment tomorrow.
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