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Activity 4.1: Matter or Not?

Procedures
1. Among the samples in the table, which do you think is classified as matter? Put a
check (/) under the appropriate column in Table 1. Discuss the reason to explain
your answer for each sample. Write your answer in the last column.

Sample Is the sample Why?

matter or Not?
Yes No
sugar granules /
water /
stone /
air inside ball /
leaves /
smoke /
heat /
Light /

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Activity 4.2: What’s in a number

Procedure:
1. Get a Periodic Table of Elements. Locate the atomic number.
Q1. What is the element with an atomic number of 15?
Phosphorus.
Q2. How many protons does the atom of this element have?
15.
Q3. How many protons are there in an atom of aluminum?
13.
Q4. Which element has the smallest number of protons in its atom?
Hydrogen.
2. While the number of protons is the same with atoms of a particular element,
the number of neutrons may vary. Atoms having the same number of protons
but different number of neutrons are referred as isotopes. The isotopes are
identified through their mass number which is the sum of the number of
protons and the number of neutrons in an atom. A shorthand notation for
isotope includes the element’s symbol and mass number, for instance, Ca-40.
Consider two isotopes of carbon, C-12 and C-13.
Q5. How many protons are there in the C-12 isotope?
6 protons.
Q6. How about the number of neutrons?
6.
Q7. How many protons are there in the C-13 isotope?
6 protons.
Q8. How about the number of neutrons?
7 neutrons.
Atomic mass is the mass of an atom of a particular element. It is the average of the
mass numbers of the naturally occurring isotopes of the element multiplied with
their respective abundance. You will not compute for atomic mass. However, you
have to know, at least, where to find it in the periodic table. Refer to the periodic
table at the end of this module.
Q9. What is the atomic mass of magnesium (Mg)?
12.
Q10. How about for potassium (K)?
39.0983 u

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Activity 4.3: TABLE COMPLETION

Instruction: Complete the table below by filling up the missing value. 1 point each

Isotope Element # of # of # of Charge

name p+ e- neutron
B-6 Boron 5 5 1 0

N-14 Nitrogen 7 7 7 0

F-19 Fluorine 9 9 10 -1

N- Neon 10 10 10 0

20/21/22
Mg-24 Magnesium 12 12 12 0

S-32 Sulfur 16 16 16 0

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Activity 5.1: Am I eating right?

Procedures:
1. Record in a Daily Meal Journal what you eat
for three (3) days. Table 1 shows a sample meal record for one (1)
day.

June 16 Lunch

June 17 Dinner

June 18 Breakfast

June 19

June 20 Snack

June 21

June 22 Dinner

June 23 Snack

June 24

June 25 Breakfast

June26

June 27 Lunch

June 28 Snack

June 29 Dinner

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2. Record your daily meal here for 3 days. You may add additional columns and
rows if necessary.

Table 2: My 3 day meal journal

Date Meal Food and Beverage Amount
July 1 Breakfast Coffee or milk 1 glass
July 2 Lunch Adobong manok w/rice ½ cup
July 3 Snack Pancake w/ coke 2 pcs& 1 glass
July 4 Breakfast Pandesal w/ coffee 4 pcs & 1 glass
July 5 Lunch Kangkong with fried fish w/ rice ¼ cup and 1 pc.
July 6 Dinner Sinigang na bangus w/rice 1 cup
July 7 Breakfast Spanish sardines w/ rice ¼ cup
July 8 Lunch Pakbet w/ rice ½ cup
July 9 Snack Coffee jelly 1 cup
July 10 Dinner Pork with soup w/rice 1 cup
July 11 Breakfast Quaker oats 1 cup
July 12 Lunch Fried chicken 2 pcs
July 13 Snack Moist cake 1 piece
July 14 Dinner Sinigang na baboy 1 cup
July 15 Breakfast Milk with pandesal 1 glass&4 pcs.
July 16 Lunch Adobong manok 1 cup
July 17 Snack Coke with bread 1 glass &2 pcs
July 18 Dinner Instant noodles 1 cup
July 19 Breakfast Milo 1 glass
July 20 Lunch Chop suey ½ cup
July 21 Dinner Fish 1 piece
July 22 Breakfast Pancit canton 1 pack
July 23 Lunch Chicken 2 pcs
July 24 Snack Squid snack 1 cup
July 25 Dinner Corn beef 1 cup
July 26 breakfast Cheesdog 3 pcs
July 27 Lunch Beef loaf 4 pcs

3. Interview a school nutritionist, school nurse, or barangay health worker through

any social media on the kind and amount of food that you should eat to meet your
nutritional requirements.
Alternate way: If the professionals above are not available, you may research
on the internet.

Paste the gathered data inside the box.

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To meet your body’s regular nutritional needs, you should consume:

. a wide variety of nutritious foods

. water on a daily basis
. enough kilojoules for energy, with carbohydrates as the preferred source
essential fatty acids from foods such as oily fish, nuts, avocado

. adequate protein for cell maintenance and repair

. fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins
. essential minerals such as iron, calcium and zinc
. foods containing plant-derived phytochemicals, which may protect against heart
disease, diabetes, some cancers, arthritis and osteoporosis.

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Activity 5.2: Analyzing Daily Meal Journal?

An accurate meal journal tells a lot about your eating patterns. The Daily Meal
Journal below belongs to a fourteen-year old named Marc. Study his meal journal and
answer the questions that follow

June 16 Lunch
June 17 Snacks
June 18

June 19

June 20 Breakfast

June 21 Lunch

June 22

June 23 Breakfast

June 24 Snack

Q1. Which food group in the Food Pyramid do you observe the greatest number of
servings?
June 18.
Q2. What did Marc eat that belong to this food group?
Fried tilapia.
Q3. Which food group/s do you see without servings?
June 24.

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Q4. Based on the Food Pyramid, how many servings from that group should Marc must
eat?
1 pc.
Q5. What should Marc include in his meals to ensure that he gets all the nutrients
indicated in the Food Pyramid?
Fruits and vedgetables.

Activity 5.2: What happens when nutritional needs are not

adequately met?

Procedures:
1. Using the table below as a guide, research on the
sources of carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals, the functions of
these nutrients, and the health problems that result when the requirement for
these nutrients are not adequately met. Write your answer on the table.

Nutrients Food Functions Deficiency signs and

Sources symptoms
bread Breakdown of fatty acids and Ketosis comes with
beans
Carbohydrates milk preventing ketosis. symptoms, including
potatoes headaches, a dry mouth and

a fruity smell to the breath.

'milk Proteins are a class of
yoghurt
Protein fish macromolecules that perform a
eggs diverse range of functions for the

cell.
avocados The body uses fat as a fuel source, Loss of your menstrual cycle.
olives
Fats nuts and fat is the major storage form

of energy in the body.

milk Vitamins and minerals are Numbness and tingling in
eggs
Vitamins and Sweet potatoes considered essential nutrients— hands, legs or feet

Minerals carrots because acting in concert, they

perform hundreds of roles in the

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body.

Activity 6.1: What is the importance of biodiversity to

ecosystems?

Procedures
: the photo below
1. Study

Figure 1 Banana Plantation

Question:

Q1. Does it have a high or low biodiversity?

Yes.

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Q2. What will happen if a pest will attack the banana plants?
When pests attack banana plant it destroys the crop. It can either make the plant
dead, or infest the plant and the fruit it bears.

Q3. What will happen if a strong typhoon comes and heavy flooding occurs?
If a strong typhoon comes and heavy flooding occurs several things could happen.
People could die from drowning, homes could be ruined, and landslides could
occur.

Q4. How will this affect the helpers and owner of the plantation?

The Possible Results is massive destruction because Banana has very weak foundation and
unlike trees, Bananas give little resistance in strong winds that can result eventually to falling in
the ground. The destruction may result to losses in Agriculture and it would take time to plant
Bananas again and harvest may take longer.

2. Examine the photo below.

Figure 2 Marine Ecosystem

Questions:

Q5. What biotic components are present in this ecosystem?

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Animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi are the biotic components present in the
ecosystem.

Q6. Describe some relationships and interactions that occur among these biotic
components.
Mutualism-both organisms are benefited from each other. No one is harmed.
Commensalism-one organism is benefited but the other is not and unharmed.
Predation-this relationship involves predator and prey. Prey is harmed and eaten
while the predator is benefited.

Q7. Predict the effect of the presence of many crowns of thorns sea star to the
ecosystem and its biotic components.
Crown of thorns sea star is predicted to have a dangerous effect to all marine lives
and of course to the ecosystem and its biotic components

Q8. Why is high biodiversity advantageous over low biodiversity?

high biodiversity has more advantageous because it has lot of supply of food for
the the organisms or the biotic components in nature so there is less a possibility of
extinction.

Q9. What is the importance of biodiversity to ecosystems?

Biodiversity boosts ecosystem productivity where each species, no matter how small, all
have an important role to play. For example, A larger number of plant species means a
greater variety of crops. Greater species diversity ensures natural sustainability for all
life forms

Application: Short Case Study

Instructions: Look at the environment around you; your surrounding, your

house, your neighborhood, or the way you use your resources at home (electricity,
water, food, internet etc.,). Among this conditions or actvites in your area, which
do you think is problem that can lead to the destruction of our environment?

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Your task is to make a very short case study on the activities that you, your
family, or other people in the community are doing that can be an impact for the
destruction of our environment.

Guidelines:
1. Please follow the format: Short bondpaper, arial 12, double spacing
2. The case study should be 3 or more pages. This includes the content and
the photo of the study.
3. The case study must have a title of the problem.
4. The study must be more of content (word) and less on pictures.
5. The study must be original, taken from home/ community, with back up
sources and reference and free from plagiarism.
6. Follow the guide question below for the smooth flow of the study.
a. Where is the location and setting of the problem?
b. What is the relevant facts of your problem? Search on the internet.
c. Why does the problem exist?
d. Who is responsible of the problem?
e. How does it impact the environment?
f. How do you see its impact to our environment if the problem will
not be given an attention?
g. As student, what can you suggest to minimize the impact of
problem to our environment?
7. The content of your case study must be done by your own words and no
copy paste content.

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