Science9 q1 CLAS5 Extinction
Science9 q1 CLAS5 Extinction
Science9 q1 CLAS5 Extinction
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SCIENCE
Quarter I – Week 3
Extinction
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Objectives:
1. Identify the five major mass extinctions occurred in biological history
2. Enumerate the natural and anthropological factors that threatened and endangered
species which may lead to extinction
3. Differentiate endangered, threatened, vulnerable and critically endangered species
Let’s Try
Directions: These questions will help you think about the lesson you are about to learn.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the space provide before the number.
_______1. What do you call the state when the entire population of a species no longer
exists in any biological community?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______2. What do you call the species that is extinct only in a particular biological
community but may still be existing in other habitats?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______3. What kind of extinction as referred to the normal rate as part of natural
evolution?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______4. What term is used when an extensive percentage of the planet’s diversity
completely disappeared and extinct geologically in a very brief time interval?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______5. Which mass extinction has wiped out 96% of the living species and
suggested to be the deadliest mass extinction?
A. Cretaceous-Tertiary Period Mass Extinction
B. Devonian Period Mass Extinction
C. Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction
D. Permian-Triassic Period Mass Extinction
_______6. Which mass extinction has depleted 85% of the marine species?
A. Cretaceous-Tertiary Period Mass Extinction
B. Devonian Period Mass Extinction
C. Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction
D. Permian-Triassic Period Mass Extinction
_______7. Which species had once lived and grazed Philippine lands and now has gone
extinct?
A. Philippine Dinosaurs C. Philippine Megalodon
B. Philippine Eagle D. Philippine Rhinoceros
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_______8. Which of the following is a natural cause of extinction?
A. Climate Change C. Overexploitation
B. Habitat destruction D. Pollution
_______9. The following are the factors of extinction made by humans EXCEPT one.
A. Asteroid impact C. Pollution
B. Climate Change D. Volcanic Eruption
_______10. What do you call the adding of substances, things or energy to the
environment which causes change in the natural state of air, water or soil?
A. Asteroid impact C. Pollution
B. Habitat destruction D. Volcanic Eruption
Paleontologist assumed that in every 100 species that lived on the planet, about 99
percent are already extinct. Background extinction has a lower rate of species loss
compared to the mass extinction.
Another small-scale extinction may occur in biological community, if an endemic
species in an area perish, they are considered local extinct. Endemic species are
vulnerable to extinction. They are locally nonexistent but maybe found in other places.
Their kind is adaptive only to a particular environment and migration is not suitable for
their kind. Whenever there is a little change on their biological community, it could affect
their feeding behavior, participation in symbiosis and reproduction.
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Natural Factors that Threaten Species
Natural phenomenon occurring in the planet can have a major impact on life. It can
easily damage the ecosystem. Natural factors can threaten the existence of species which
include events like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. These events do naturally happen
without human intervention.
Diseases, epidemic and pandemics are also natural factors that impend species.
Popular cases of birdflu and mad cow diseases were reported in the past. These threaten
the life of many avian species as well as livestock animals. There are many natural
infectious agents such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. They could kill many members of
the species if vaccine is not discovered to treat the disease.
This year 2020, COVID-19 virus has threatened the lives of many humans. It was
initially proclaimed that the virus infection originated from bats and other exotic animals
prepared as food. This virus primarily alarmed China and eventually turned into a global
pandemic. Natural factors could influence the life cycle of organisms particularly their
birth rate, growth, development and reproduction. However, natural factors usually
happen slowly and cause low rate of extinction.
Species have natural adaptive traits which correspond to their strength and
weaknesses. These characteristics were inherited from their ancestors and were developed
through evolution, necessary for them to adapt from natural factors that make them
prone and vulnerable from extinction. Every detail of organism’s physiological
characteristic has its purpose in adaptation.
H
Habitat
deforestation, kaingin, siltation of rivers and destruction of coral
reefs.
Most of the time, the destruction of habitats of other organisms
is the collateral effect of human unwarranted desire in
Destruction harvesting the natural resources for industrialization.
I
Invasion of Species
activities, but naturally invasive species are caused by mass
migration either because of habitat destruction or finding other
favorable area to live in.
P
Population
global environmental community. Human activities, invasion
and excavation of resources have caused rapid changes on
Earth’s topography, natural resources, and climate. The life of
other species depends on the ecological balance.
The making and mixing of substances, materials or energy to
the environment that causes change in the natural state of air,
water or soil is called pollution.
P
Pollution
Mixture of either solid, liquid, and gas substances in the
environment may change natural chemical composition of the
environment. Energy such as heat, sound and radiation are
pollutants that could intervene the natural processes of an
environment.
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Climate change is the long-term alteration of temperature and
typical weather patterns in a global or regional climate pattern.
C
Climate Change
It has also related to other damaging weather events such as
more frequent and more intense typhoons, floods, rainstorms in
tropical places like Philippines and winter storms for cold
places.
It is also called overharvesting. The natural resources in the
environment was subjugated for the harvest of wild medicinal
O
Overexploitation
plants; hunting/gaming animals used for recreation, fishing and
marine stocks; deforestation; and water aquifers as well as the
reservoir of ground water. It has been the major source that
humanity devastated or overused for consumption. Indeed,
overexploitation can lead to resource destruction.
Threatened Species
Threatened species are organisms that decline so fast. They were likely to become
an endangered species within a short duration. The rate of reproduction and the rate of
mortality is significantly unbalanced, and later evidence such declining in number are
observed. Example of these is the Katala (Philippine Cockatoo), Pikoy (Philippine Green
Parrot) and Talking Myna found in the southern portion of Palawan.
Another category to describe threatened and endangered species are vulnerable.
Vulnerable species are those categorized as likely to become endangered unless the
circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improves.
Endangered Species
Endangered Species are species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or
a significant portion of its range. The species are considered endangered if the population
becomes so low that only few remain.
In the Philippines, some terrestrial species like the tamaraw in Mindoro, mouse
deer in Palawan, Philippine deer, monkey-eating eagle, and aquatic species like the
dugong found in Negros, Batangas, and Leyte are in danger of extinction. Many of the
endemic animals in different areas and islands in the Philippines are now endangered.
The main cause of population decline is the exploitation and captivity for exotic zoo
keeping or domestic pets and some for exotic food preparation. Others are hunted for
medical and traditional ritual purposes. The same with endemic plants (flora), they are
harvested for food, traditional rituals, and herbal medication. The expansion on human
civilization also endangered the presence of certain species that once inhabited areas that
are abundant in diversity before human existence.
Recently, critically endangered (CR) species were categorized by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These are the species facing an extremely high
risk of extinction. The endangered and the critically endangered species are more at risk
of being wiped out altogether. They have the so-called Red List, which holds a
comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. Critically
endangered species are organisms that are very likely to become extinct in the near
future. Philippine Crocodile, Mindoro Bleeding-Heart, Rufous-Headed Hornbill, Hawksbill
Sea Turtle, Red-Vented Cockatoo, Philippine Forest Turtle, Philippine Naked-Backed Fruit
Bat, Visayan Warty Pig, Tamaraw and Philippine Eagle are among the top ten critically
endangered species in the country.
On the next portion of the module, you are going to discuss another endemic species
from Palawan, that was reported to be extinct.
(Source: “International Union for Conservation of Nature.” Britannica. modified on August 2021.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/International-Union-for-Conservation-of-Nature.)
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Let’s Practice
Activity 1
What causes extinction? Does it occur naturally, or the human activities has
something to do with it? Using your prior knowledge create a Venn Diagram on which
cause the extinction most?
Activity 2
Threatened, Endangered or Extinct?
Procedure:
1. Make a simple research using internet or articles from journals and books about the
following species. Search about their natural conservation status whether they are
threatened, endangered or extinct.
Status
Threatened,
Species Cause
Endangered,
Extinct
Ex: Philippine Eagle Endangered Hunting
Palawan flying fox
Tamaraw
Blue -capped king fisher
Steglodon
Philippine rhinoceros
Calamian deer
Palawan hornbill
Hawksbill sea turtle
Philippine tarsier
Binturong
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Guide Questions:
Q1. Which of the animal/s is/are already extinct?
____________________________________________________________.
Q2. Which animal/s is/are considered threatened?
____________________________________________________________.
Q3. Which species are listed endangered?
____________________________________________________________.
Q4. According to your findings, what is the greatest threat to species?
____________________________________________________________.
Let’s Do More
Activity 1
The Extinction Timeline
Materials:
• Photos of mass extinction
• Scissor
• Glue
• Board paper
Procedure:
1. Cut the photos of different mass extinction attached
on the appendixes.
2. Paste them in a board paper and make a paper stand
for every picture
3. Arrange them in according to the time the extinction
occur to make a timeline.
4. Using the prior information to answer the guide
questions.
Directions: Shade the circle of the answer of your choice.
Q3: How will you describe our planet if it did not undergo through different stages of mass
extinction?
⃝ Our planet would not be the same as it is used today.
⃝ Probably we are sharing Earth with the dinosaurs and other extinct organisms.
⃝ If there would be no extinction our planet did not evolve on how it looks like today.
⃝ If there would be no extinction there might also be no presence of any human today.
⃝ Other answer: ____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
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Q4. How does mass extinction in biological history become advantageous to our existence
today?
⃝ The planet has change on how it looks like today.
⃝ The planet has become better and safer, because in the fast there are many
dangerous organisms that has exist and now, they are extinct.
⃝ Our biological history has evolved through mass extinction and the planet that we
enjoy today is a result of constant change.
⃝ Other answer: ____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
Procedure:
1. Write a letter to the future generations or to your descendants. Suppose that your
letter will be received by a friend 100 years from now. Use this as an example:
Sincerely,
Dan Ernest
• In the letter you are going to describe what we are experiencing in our planet
today.
• Share and tell them the species you know and encounter in our present
time.
• Tell them the tales of how the generations before you look like.
2. Attach a simple memorabilia or souvenir from our time. It could be pictures or any
important thing that could describe our present time.
3. Put them in a can or jar.
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4. Bury it in a pit at your backyard. Cover it with clay or cement to protect your time
capsule for a long period of time.
5. Take a photo of your letter and souvenir, as well as a photo while burying your
capsule. Send it to your teacher for an online discussion.
Guide Questions:
Q1: What is the best heritage you can offer the future generation?
_________________________________________________________________
(Write the item you put inside the time capsule)
Q2: How would think of 14-year-old, born in the future react if he receives your time
capsule letter 100 years from now?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Let’s Sum It Up
A short recall of our lesson. Fill-in the table with the word being described. Select your
answer from the box below.
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Let’s Assess
Directions: These questions will help you think about the lesson you are about to learn.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the space provide before the number.
_______1. Which mass extinction has depleted 85% of the marine species?
A. Cretaceous-Tertiary Period Mass Extinction
B. Devonian Period Mass Extinction
C. Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction
D. Permian-Triassic Period Mass Extinction
_______2. Which species had once lived and grazed Philippine lands and now has
gone extinct?
A. Philippine Dinosaurs C. Philippine Megalodon
B. Philippine Eagle D. Philippine Rhinoceros
_______4. What do we call those species that are endangered of extinction throughout
all or a specific portion of its range?
A. Critically Endangered C. Threatened
B. Endangered D. Vulnerable
_______6. What do you call the state when the entire population of a species no longer
exists in any biological community?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______7. What do you call the species that is extinct only in a particular biological
community but may still be existing in other habitats?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______8. What term is used when an extensive percentage of the planet’s diversity
completely disappeared and extinct geologically in a very brief time interval?
A. Background Extinction C. Local extinction
B. Extinction D. Mass extinction
_______9. The following are the factors of extinction made by humans EXCEPT one.
A. Asteroid impact C. Pollution
B. Climate Change D. Volcanic Eruption
_______10. What do you call the adding of substances, things or energy to the
environment which causes change in the natural state of air, water or soil?
A. Asteroid impact C. Pollution
B. Habitat destruction D. Volcanic Eruption
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Answer Key
Let’s Try Let’s Practice Let’s Do More:
1. B Activity 1
Activity 1
2. C
1. Permian-Triassic Period
3. A 2. Natural Factors
4. D 3. All answers are correct
5. D 4. All answers are correct
6. C
7. D Activity 2
8. A 1. The answer will be based
9. D Activity 2 on the item on the time
10. C capsule.
2. Any students point of
Let’s view is acceptable.
Assess
1. C Let’s Sum it Up
1. Extinction
2. D 2. Local extinction
3. A 3. Background extinction
4. D 4. Mass extinction
5. A 5. Threatened Species
6. B Guide Questions:
7. C 1. Steglodon, Philippine rhinoceros
2. Blue-capped king fisher, Palawan flying fox,
8. D
Calamian Deer, Palawan hornbill, Binturong
9. A 3. Philippine eagle, Tamaraw, Halksbill sea turtle,
10. A Philippine Tarsier
4. Habitat destruction, hunting, population expansion,
hunting, domestication, climate change
References
BOOKS:
Liza A. Alvarez, Dave G. Angeles, Herman L. Apurada, Ma. Pilar P. Carmora, Oliver
A. Lahorra, Judith F. Marcaida, Ma. Regaele A. Olarte, Estrella C. Osorio,
Digna C. Paningbatan, Marivic S. Rosales, Ma. Teresa B. Delos Santos,
Science 9 Learners Module, Department of Education-Instructional
Materials Council Secretariat (DepEd-IMCS), 2017
ELECTRONIC SOURCE:
Laura Enzor. “What Is Extinction? - Defining Background and Mass Extinction,”
Assessed August 2021, https://study.com/academy/lesson/ what-is-
extinction-defining-background-and-mass-extinction.html
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Appendixes 1: Please don’t print at the back!
Materials for Let’s Do more / Activity 1: The Extinction Timeline
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