Science5 Q2 Week 8
Science5 Q2 Week 8
Science5 Q2 Week 8
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FOREWORD
II. What I Need To Know This is the part where you can find the
discussion for you to understand better the lesson and
competency.
III. What I Have Learned This is the part where tests and activities
are given to gauge your mastery of the lesson.
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OBJECTIVE:
The learner should be able to:
LEARNING COMPTENCY:
I. WHAT HAPPENED
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A dirty beach! They felt sad with what they decided to do coastal
clean-up instead.
What do you think is the cause of their problem?
As a grade five learner, would you also like to participate in
activities like this? Why?
PRE-ACTIVITIES/PRE-TEST:
Pre-Test 1
1. S I T A R U E E S -
2. G U D P M N I B E A G G A R -
3. A T S E T O N D A F E R I O -
4. L A D I T E N R I T Z N O E -
5. N O P U L L I T O -
6. O D O F N I C H A -
7. T I C A I O B R O T S C A F -
8. I C O B I T SACROTF-
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Pre-Test 2
ESTUARIES
An estuary is an area where a freshwater river or stream meets the
ocean. In estuaries, the salty ocean mixes with a freshwater river,
resulting in brackish water. Brackish water is somewhat salty, but not as
salty as the ocean. It may also be called a bay, lagoon. It is composed
of the non-living or abiotic factors such as water in waves, salinity,
temperature, amount of sunlight, and type of soil; the living or biotic
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factors may consist of all the plants, animals, and microorganisms that
are found in it.
Estuaries are usually filled with shallow waters, and sunlight reaches
all levels of the water. Marsh grasses, algae, and other kinds of plants live
in estuaries and provide food for a variety of fish, crabs, oysters,
and shrimp. Estuaries are especially important since they act as nurseries
for many different types of young fish and other animals before they
head out toward the open ocean. Many sea birds also nest in estuaries.
Thus, estuaries are often called “nurseries of the sea” and home of
different kinds of living things. Some of these are freshwater and salt
marshes, shallow open waters, swamps, mangrove forests, mud and
sand flats, sandy beaches, rocky shores, oyster reefs, river deltas, tidal
pools, sea grasses and coral reefs.
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that lives there. These are only some of human activities that badly affect
the balance of nature.
Intertidal zone is known as the area where land meets the sea,
between high and low tide zones. This area is covered with water during
high tide and exposed to air at low tide.
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At Your Home:
• When using lawn fertilizer, do not forget to follow product directions
carefully. Make sure you will keep it from washing into stream and
waterways.
• Remember to cut the grass properly. This will make the plant
healthy. Plants prevent erosion.
• Gardening and landscaping with native plants in your yard will
reduce the need for watering and fertilizing your garden.
• Dispose toxic products properly. Improper disposal may pollute
coastal rivers and estuaries.
• If possible, create non – toxic pesticides. You may use a bit of soap
and water added to strained chili pepper powder.
• Use safe alternative to harsh household products. Baking soda or
table salt, for instance, are safe substitutes for abrasive cleaners.
• Wash or clean your pets and dispose of their wastes properly.
Animal waste adds to runoffs, making water unhealthy.
• Use your car less by combining errands or opt to walk, bike,
carpool, or use public transportation.
• If you use less electricity, you are conserving water and lessening
fossil fuel consumption.
At the beach:
• Leave the beaches clean. Always pick up your trash and dispose
it properly.
• Do not disturb or keep animals that you found along the shoreline.
• Avoid using motorized boats in sensitive habitats. Use a canoe or
kayak if you want to snorkel near the coastal reefs.
• When on a boat, avoid throwing your trash out of the sea.
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At your community:
• Share your knowledge about the importance of estuaries and
intertidal zones. Share what you know about protecting them with
your families, friends, community leaders and others.
• You may organize a stream or beach clean-up or ask an expert to
speak to your community organization or local school.
These are some of the things we can do to protect and save our
estuaries and intertidal zones. You can also add more and share this to
your friends.
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Always put in mind that in an ecosystem everything is connected. What
we do to an abiotic or biotic species could greatly affect other
organisms.
Alright, I guess you are very much ready to do some mind teasing
exercises to test on how much you learn today.
EVALUATION/POST-TEST:
Post-Test 1
Post-Test 2
Multiple Choice:
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer in your notebook
1. _________ are bodies of water that are formed when freshwater
from rivers flows and mixes with saltwater from sea or ocean.
a. ecosystem c. estuaries
b. b. intertidal zone d. habitat
2. The following are ways of protecting estuaries and intertidal zones
except one.
a. Using organic fertilizer on plants.
b. Planting mangroves on estuaries and intertidal zones.
c. Picking up star fish or corals for decoration
d. Disposing garbage properly
3. The following are the main contributors in destroying estuaries and
intertidal zones, except one.
a. land development c. pollutants
b. land reclamation d. gardening
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4. __________ refers to areas of the shore that are above the water at
low tide and below at high tide.
a. Ecosystem c. estuaries
b. intertidal zone d. habitat
5. Most animals that live in an intertidal zone are invertebrates such
as crabs, urchins and barnacles. What does invertebrate mean?
a. Animals with backbone
b. Animals with no backbone
c. Animals that lay eggs
d. Animals that have mammary glands
6. In an ecosystem there are interactions among organisms. The most
essential role that all living organisms depended on the producers.
What are these?
a. Plants and algae
b. Plants, shells and crabs
c. Plants, fish and barnacles
d. Plants, birds and fishes
7. The interaction or relationship on plants acting as producers,
animals as consumer and microbes as decomposers is called
_______________.
a. Food chain c. Ecosystem
b. Food web d. Estuarine
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REFERENCE:
Sarte, Evelyn T. et.al (2016). Science Beyond Borders
Texbook.Philippines: Vibal Group Incorporated.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NEGROS ORIENTAL
ROSELA R. ABIERA
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ARNOLD R. JUNGCO
Education Program Supervisor – (SCIENCE)
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ELMAR L. CABRERA
PDO II (LRMDS)
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Alice A. Alatan
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