Self Check 3.

NAME : JILLIAN KAYE A. OSIN BSRT-1

( experiment answers inserted here) The following members are:

LORDN LOZANO

MIKE JUTAM BABAO

JEEMYR FELICILDA

ALEXANDRIA LAUDES

DERMALYN HILARION

Answer the following. Write your correct answer on a separate sheet of paper:
 Identify the following.

1. The process of shaping and Molding species composition in a given area

overtime
-Ecological Succession
2. All resources are efficiently used and the total mass of vegetation maxes out.
-Climax Community
3. It begins in barren areas such as on bare rock exposed by retreating glacier.
Primary Succession
4. A community of living and non-living entities that occurs freely in nature.
-Ecosystem
5. A standing water habitat such as lakes ,ponds, pool and bog.
-Fresh Water

 Enumeration: Enumerate the following

1. Two types of ecosystem
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem
2. Two types of terrestrial ecosystem
Grassland, Tundra
3. Characteristic of terrestrial ecosystem
• Animals and plants live on land and air.
• They are classified according to abiotic factors.
• The flora and fauna depend on each other.
• Animals, birds and plants adapt to the habitat in which they live.
• When changes occur and species fail to adapt, extinction
4. Function of forest ecosystem
- Apart from provisioning, regulating and cultural services, forests ensure
basic functions such as soil formation, nutrient cycling and primary
production that are fundamental for the flow of other ecosystem services
 5. Example of terrestrial ecosystem
 Tundra
 Taiga
 Mediterranean Forest
 Tropical Rainforest
 Savannah
 Forest
 Grassland
 Deserts
 Mountain


 Multiple Choice
Read carefully each question and choose the correct answer. Write your answer on
a separate sheet of paper.

1. The freshwater biome has a lower content of ____ than the marine biome? D
A. Sulfur B. Plants C. Fish D. Salt E. Mammals
2. Which of the following is not a part of the freshwater biome? D
A. Ponds B. Lakes C. Rivers D. Wetlands E. Oceans
3. Which of the following is not a part of the freshwater biome? D
A. Lake B. River C. Streams D. Tribulatory E. Brook
4. Which zone of a lake is the floor or bottom of the lake? D
A. Littoral zone B. Limnetic zone C. euphotic zone D. Benthic zone
5. Which lake zone is the area closest to the shore? A
A. Littoral zone B. Limnetic zone C. euphotic zone D. Benthic zone
6. Which of the following would be considered a lotic ecosystem? D
A. Lake B. River C. Pond D. Pool E. Ocean
7. Which of the following will have an impact on the ecology of streams and rivers? E
A. Flow B. Light C. Temperature D. ChemistryE. All of the
above
8. Which of the following will vary depending on the type of geology that a river flows
through?..A
A. Flow B. Light C. Temperature D. ChemistryE. All of the
above
9. What type of freshwater biome is a combination of land and water? C
A. Pond B. Lakes C. Rivers C. Wetlands E. Oceans
10. What is the longest river in the world? C
A. Amazon river B. Mississippi river C. Nile river D. Yangtze river

ACTIVITY SHEET

Members: OSIN

LOZANO
 BABAO

FELICILDA

HILARIO

LAUDES. Date: ___________________

Score: ______________________

Activity No. 3 Mini ecosystem: Pond ecosystem

Objectives:

To investigate diversity in a Pond Water Ecosystem.

Introduction:

Ecosystems are sets of living organisms (plants, animals and microorganisms) all interacting among themselves and
with the environment in which they live (soil, climate, water and light). They vary in size. They can be as small as a puddle or as
large as the Earth itself. Any group of living and nonliving things interacting with each other can be considered as an ecosystem.

A pond is one type of ecosystem. It is a body of water shallow enough to support rooted plants. Many times plants
grow all the way across a shallow pond. Water temperature in a pond is pretty much the same from top to bottom and changes
when the air temperature changes. There is little wave action and the bottom is usually covered with mud. Plants can grow
along the pond edge.

The living parts of an ecosystem can be divided into three categories:

1. Producers: Plants have chlorophyll and can produce their own energy in the form of carbohydrates (simple sugars) through
photosynthesis.

2. Consumers: Animals must consume something else, either plants or other animals, to get their energy.

3.Decomposers: Many insects, microscopic animals, fungi, and bacteria get their energy by decomposing dead organic matter
enriching the soil with nutrients.

Energy comes from the sun in the form of sunlight. Plants can take the sunlight and turn it into food in the form of glucose.
When animals produce waste and eventually die, other, mostly microscopic, organisms may use the energy in the waste and
dead bodies. This matter is reduced by decomposers and returned to the soil, where it may be used again by plants.

Energy is lost as it flows through an ecosystem. For example, not all the sun-light energy a plant receives is converted to
chemical energy (i.e., carbohydrates). Some of it is wasted. Likewise, when mammals digest food they convert some of it to
heat, which is lost to the air around the animal.

Materials:

Wide mouth jar with lid Pond water Pond plants

Mud from the bottom of a pond Microscopes and slides Eye dropper

Procedure:

1. Build a mini-pond ecosystem in a wide mouth jar:

a. Put one or two spoonfuls of soil from the bottom of the pond in the jar.

b. Add enough water to fill the jar near the top.

 c. Add enough plant life to cover the surface of the water.

d. Put the lid on the jar and tighten.

2. Put your mini-ecosystem on your team tray by the window.

3. Use the eye dropper to put one drop of water from your jar in the well of the slide. If you do not see anything, keep trying
until you do.

4. Draw your observations in the data section.

5. Identify what you see in the water.

6. Classify the organisms you observe as consumers or producers.

Data:

Producers Consumers
Phytoplankton Small fish
Algae Heterotrophic organisms (atrhropods)
Submerged plants Zooplankton
Floating plants Insects
Tadpoles

Conclusion:(State your conclusion)

While examining the water we predict that we will see many of the “Mr. Green”
characteristics. We might be able to see reproduction of microorganisms if we compare
the pond water over a period of time. For instance, there will be more living things the
longer the pond water is left outside because the living things are able to produce. We would
definitely be able to see movement as the cells travel from one place to another giving us
signs that they are living. If something under the microscope is still and shows no signs of
movement we would be able to figure that, that specific variable is non-living. There’s a slight
chance that we might see the organisms feed on some type of food to get energy and survive. Since we are experimenting pond
water the cells might feed on the plants that the water contains. These are some of the many characteristics I think we might
see in pond water. In this activity we conclude that there are more consumers than producers that can be found in a pond.

Answer the following:

1. Did you have more consumers or more producers in your ecosystem?
- More consumers than producers
2. What is a possible reason for this? (Please refer question #1)
- The reason why there is more consumer than producers because consumers is divided by two the primary consumer
and secondary consumer.These plants are eaten by primary consumers, organisms that eat producers such as plants.
Examples of primary consumers include certain insects and fish such as small minnows. It's difficult to cite specific
primary consumers because all pond food webs are unique. However, if something eats a plant, then it is functioning
as a primary consumer.Next comes secondary consumers. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. Examples
include certain predatory fish, birds, and insects.
3. In any ecosystem, what is the relationship between:
a. Producers and consumers? Producers are the one who creates their own food, and the consumers eats the
producers, the feces or maybe the dead consumers will help fertilize the soil for a better growth of the producer

b. b. Photosynthesis and consumers? Photosynthesis is the process by which producers creates their own food, and
without photosynthesis there will be no producers and without producers, there will be no food for the
consumers.

4. What is a possible food chain in the pond ecosystem?

5. List 2 abiotic factors in the pond ecosystem:

a. WATER QUALITY
b. SUSTAINABILITY

6. Describe each of the following in terms of your mini-ecosystem:

a. Population –All the organisms of one kind in an ecosystem are called a population. For example, a pond
ecosystem might have populations of frogs, waterlilies, insects, duckweed, and protists. Populations living and
interacting with each other form a community.
b. Community – these are the groups of living beings depend on each other and the water environment for their
supplements and survival. Populations living and interacting with each other form a community.
c.. Habitat -Habitats are everywhere. They are the different places where plants and animals live.A pond is a
habitat, too.There are mainly four habitats, namely, shore, surface film, open water and bottom water habitats.