The document provides an educational module on estuaries and intertidal zones. It includes learning objectives, directions for students, questions to test understanding, and a reflection section. Students are expected to understand the interactions between living and non-living things in these ecosystems and be able to describe key components like producers, consumers, and decomposers.
The document provides an educational module on estuaries and intertidal zones. It includes learning objectives, directions for students, questions to test understanding, and a reflection section. Students are expected to understand the interactions between living and non-living things in these ecosystems and be able to describe key components like producers, consumers, and decomposers.
The document provides an educational module on estuaries and intertidal zones. It includes learning objectives, directions for students, questions to test understanding, and a reflection section. Students are expected to understand the interactions between living and non-living things in these ecosystems and be able to describe key components like producers, consumers, and decomposers.
The document provides an educational module on estuaries and intertidal zones. It includes learning objectives, directions for students, questions to test understanding, and a reflection section. Students are expected to understand the interactions between living and non-living things in these ecosystems and be able to describe key components like producers, consumers, and decomposers.
⚫ Discuss the interactions among living things and non-living things in estuaries and intertidal zones. (S5LT-llh-8)
To the Learner This module was specially designed to help you understand and apply the lesson objectives. Read and follow the simple instructions as your guide. 1. Set a conducive learning space at home so you can focus. 2. Seek assistance from your parents or guardian to guide you in doing the activities. 3. Take down important concepts and list questions you would like to ask from your teacher. 4. Reflect and apply the concepts learned. Expectations
At the end of the lesson, the learner is expected to:
1. recall the different interactions among living and non-living things.
2. differentiate biotic (living) and abiotic non-living things; and
3. describe the living and nonliving things interactions in estuaries and intertidal zones.
It is crucial that the set of activities will arouse their critical thinking skills.
Remember that the KEY for understanding this module is by guiding your children.
Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the blank before the number.
____1. It is called the nurseries of the sea.
A. estuary B. abiotic C. biotic D. intertidal
____2. When a river meets the sea, the two main properties of water that are affected
are?
A. salinity and pH B. salinity and temperature C. temperature and pH D. none
____3. What is an area where land meets the sea, between high and low tide zones?
A. abiotic B. estuary C. intertidal zone D. biotic
____4. Which of these abiotic factors refers to the amount of salt in water?
A. brackish water B. salinity C. temperature D. waves
____5. What is form when freshwater mixes with saltwater?
A. brackish water B. salinity C. temperature D. waves
Unscramble the word/s to form a new word. Then write the correct word/s on the
space provided.
______________1. T I O N P O LL I N A
______________2. L I P S T I
2 ______________3. M I N A R E G N O T I
______________4. R A N T H E
______________5. P A G A N P O O R T I
An estuary (nurseries of the seas) is a body of brackish water near the coast
where fresh water from rivers and streams flows into the oceans and mixes with salt
water. It may be a bay, a lagoon, or a harbor. Abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) are
factors that affects an ecosystem. The intertidal zone is an area where land meets the
sea, between high and low tide zones.
Intertidal zone and estuary are composed of all plants, animals, and
microorganisms living in it. These includes; coral reefs teaming with many corals with
different kinds of fishes, jellyfishes etc. in it, salt marsh are areas which are filled with
sea water during high tide and becomes drained during low tide with clams, oysters etc.,
in it, mud flats are areas with large amount of mud deposited on it with crabs, migratory
birds etc. in it, and rocky shore which has many rocks deposited with barnacles hermit
crabs etc. in it.
COMPLETE ME!
Objective: Identify the biotic factors in an intertidal zone and estuarine ecosystem.
Material: ballpen and notebook
Procedure:
1. Tabulate the different habitats found in an intertidal zone and estuary.
2. Choose from the phrases below to complete the table.
HABITAT DESCRIPTION ANIMALS LIVING IN IT
CORAL REEF
MUD FLATS
SALT MARSH
ROCKY SHORE
• These are areas which are filled with sea water during high tide and becomes drained when low tide. • These are the shore which has many rocks deposited that serve as hiding place for the small crabs and prawns. • Areas which has a large amount of mud deposited on it. • Areas which are teeming with many corals. This serve as a sanctuary for young fishes. • barnacles, hermit crab, sea stars, limpets, mollusks, shrimps, prawns and crabs • corals, different kind of fishes, jellyfishes, sea anemones and sea star • clams’ oysters, mussels, snails and shrimps • crabs, migratory birds, sand dollars, mussels, clams, mollusks, and shellfish
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Objective: Describe the living and nonliving things interactions in estuaries and
intertidal zones.
Material: ballpen and notebook
4 Procedure:
1. Read the paragraph carefully, note the important details.
2. Answer the following guide questions below.
Our Earth is a big ecosystem with living and non-living factors in it. Light from the sun is the most important thing in an ecosystem. Producers, consumers and decomposers are the living things in any ecosystem. Energy and nutrients are transferred from the producers to decomposers in a feeding relationship. Producers are green plants that can produce their own food. They make their own food by converting energy from the sun into chemical energy. Consumers get their energy from plants and other organisms. Animals and people are consumers. Organisms that eat plant only are called herbivores and known as primary consumers. Living things that eat other animals are known as carnivores. Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers but if they feed on other carnivores they are considered as tertiary consumers. There are organisms that eat both plants and animals and are called omnivores. Decomposers get their energy by breaking down dead things and their wastes, returning the nutrients from the environment. Food chain on the other hand is a series of organisms that feed on another organism and so on. Food web is consisting of two or more food chains. . Guide Questions:
1. What are the two feeding relationships in an intertidal zone or estuarine ecosystem?
