Biodiversity • Species diversity

All variety of life in

our planet, from across • Ecosystem
all levels, and habitat diversity

• Genetic
diversity
Organization of
living things
Ecosystem
Community where living and non-living
things interact together.
Why is it important to
maintain an
ecosystem?
Why is it important to maintain an ecosystem?

→For everything to continuously be able

to partake in the natural sources that
ecosystem provide, like clean air, food
and water.
The great diversity of
species is important
because?
The great diversity of species is important because?

→It increases the possibility of having

at least some species survive if there
are changes in the environment.
Population
Group of the same
species living in an
environment.
Activity 1: Strength in Variety!

Objective:
1. Explain the importance of species diversity in the species'
survival and maintaining the balance in the ecosystem in the
changing environment.
In Barangay X, there are two banana plantations, Plantation A and
Plantation B.

Table 1 shows the characteristics of the plantations.

A major banana disease “XYZ” has hit the barangay targeting only those
Cardava variety as its host. They are thereby killing it, assuming that there is
no cure for such a disease.

1. How many kinds of banana has Plantation A? Plantation B? Which has

higher species diversity?
A major banana disease “XYZ” has hit the barangay targeting only those
Cardava variety as its host. They are thereby killing it, assuming that there is
no cure for such a disease.

2. What would happen to Plantation A? How about Plantation B?

A major banana disease “XYZ” has hit the barangay targeting only those
Cardava variety as its host. They are thereby killing it, assuming that there is
no cure for such a disease.

3. Will Plantation A survive the disease? How about Plantation B? Why?

A major banana disease “XYZ” has hit the barangay targeting only those
Cardava variety as its host. They are thereby killing it, assuming that there is
no cure for such a disease.

4. Is species diversity important in maintaining the balance in the

ecosystem? Why?
Why Species diversity is important?

→High species diversity tends to have survival tolerance and

a greater probability of adapting to the changes in the
environment, thus maintaining the balance in its
ecosystem.
The Population Size

→The total number of individuals.

→Species with a very small population size has a
higher chance of going extinct.
Activity 2: Strength in Numbers!

Objective:

1. Explain the importance of population size in the species' survival and

maintaining the balance in the ecosystem in the changing environment.
There are two bacterial cultures with different population sizes in the
two Petri dishes of the same 5ml culture mediums. A food poison technique
employed in both with an antibacterial agent.
1. How many bacteria are there at Culture A? Culture B?
Compare the two cultures in terms of population size.
2. Which culture has a higher chance of surviving the antibacterial agent
applied to the culture medium? Why?
3. Is the population size important in the survival of the species in a changing
environment? Why?
Population density

→ The population size per unit area.

→ Overcrowding may cause harmful effects in the population, such
as competition for food, space, etc.
1. Were you able to solve the
maze? What card did you use?
2. How many species and
population size has survived?
3. Is having many species only
enough to survive the drastic
changes in the
environment? Why?
4. Is the high population size
alone enough to survive drastic
changes in the
environment? Why?
5. What is needed for species
and population to survive in
the changing
environment?