1 Ma’am Lalaine Ghulam

MOST HOLY ROSARY PAROCHIAL SCHOOL

Convento St., Brgy. Talolong Lopez, Quezon

EXPLORING LIFE THROUGH SCIENCE

Name: ____________________________________
Grade Level and Section: Grade 11
Strand: GAS
Subject: Earth and Life
Time Allotted:

CONTENT
MODULE 1: Introduction to Life Science
MODULE 2: Continuity of Life
MODULE 3: How Animals Survive
MODULE 4: Evolution of Living Things
MODULE 5: Ecology

MODULE 4: EVOLUTION OF LIVING THINGS

QUARTER 2

OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
 Explain how populations of organisms have changed and continue to change over time showing patterns
of descent with modification from common ancestors to produce the organismal diversity observed
today
 Describe how the present system of classification of organisms is based on evolutionary relationships

HOOK

OPENING PRAYER
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Glory to the Father, and to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Great day, dear learners! I am Ma’am Lalaine Ghulam and I will be your teacher in Earth and Life Science. In
this module, we will learn about the evolution of living things.

On the previous lesson, we discussed the functional relationships of the different organ systems in ensuring
animal survival.
 ENGAGE
Classification and Evolution
Human have been classifying organisms for thousands of years. Today, biologists classify organisms not by
their usefulness, but by their physical, chemical, and behavioral similarities. These similarities reveal evolutionary
relationships. The science of classifying living things is called taxonomy.
In order to classify an organism, a biologist must use a system that group organisms according to shared
characteristics and relationships between one another. There are presently seven levels of classification: kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The largest and most general groups are the kingdom; all the
organisms in a kingdom are sorted out into several phyla. The members of one phylum are more like each other than
the members of other phylum. These organisms are then further grouped into classes. Each class is subdivided into
families and families are separated into genus which is divided into species.

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ACTIVITY
Activity 1

A. Compare the two ocean-dwelling animals below. Both the dolphin and shark have streamline bodies, paddle like
fins, and flattened tails. Would you say these animals are closely related? Why do you say so?

B. Describe how the classification of living things reflects their evolutionary history.

REFLECTION
2
How are the levels of classification related to evolutionary relationships among organisms? Use the given criteria
below as basis in answering the question.
 TRANSFER
A. Learning that we have different levels of classification, why do you think it is important to classify living things?

B. Give different examples for each levels of classification.