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Science8 - q3 - Clas4 - Classifying - Organisms - v6 - Carissa Calalin
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SCIENCE
Quarter IV – Week 4
Classifying Organisms
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Let’s Try
Directions: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before the number.
___ 1. What is the branch of science that deals with the classification of living things?
A. Astronomy B. Biology C. Geology D. Taxonomy
___ 5. What are the two parts of a scientific name based on the hierarchical taxonomic
system?
A. class and order C. genus and species
B. family and order D. kingdom and phylum
___ 6. Which of the following refers to the group of similar organisms and capable of
interbreeding?
A. Autotroph B. Family C. Order D. Species
___ 8. Which of the following taxa group of organisms has few similarities?
A. Domain B. Genus C. Species D. Phylum
___ 9. Which of the following is a correctly written scientific name for Palawan Hornbill?
A. anthracoceros marchei C. Anthracoceros marchei
B. anthracoceros marchei D. Anthracoceros marchei
___ 10. Cats and dogs belong to the same order. In what level of classification do they
differ?
A. Class B. Domain C. Family D. Kingdom
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Let’s Explore and Discover
LIVING PARADISE
Unlocking of Palawan is known as the “Philippines’ Last Ecological Frontier”
Difficulties and “Haven of the Rare Philippine Wildlife.” According to Palawan
✓ Autotrophs or Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), in 1995 there are
producers estimated 232 species of wildlife that can only be found in Palawan.
✓ Eukaryotes have To gather further information about these species, biologists used
cell nucleus. taxonomy, a branch of science that deals with naming, classifying
✓ Heterotrophs and describing all organisms of different species including plants,
depend on others animals and microorganisms.
for food.
✓ Multicellular or In classifying organisms, biologists follow a system so called-
many-celled
levels of classification: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order,
organisms
✓ Prokaryotes have family, genus (plural, genera) and species in which they are grouped
no cell nucleus or based on the similarity of their structures and characteristics from
organelles common beginning to more specific categories. You can try
✓ Unicellular or one- memorizing the sentence below to remember the sequence:
celled organisms D-K-P-C-O-F-G-S
or Demure Kaka Ploning Chose Ordinary Family Gathering Song
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I. Archaea Domain: Kingdom Archaebacteria II. Bacteria Domain: Kingdom Eubacteria
Members of archaebacteria are all Organisms that belong to this kingdom are
microscopic and live mostly in extreme or unicellular and microscopic.
severe environments.
(A) (B)
Figure 1. Examples of methanogens. (A) Methanobacterium
ruminatum, from cow stomach undergoing division, and (B)
Methanospirillum hungatei, from waste treatment ponds (bar Figure 2. Basic shapes of bacteria.
scale = 1 m). The symbol m means micrometer. 1 m is equal
to 0.001 m.
Figure 3. Examples of green algae (A) Chlorella, (B) Draparnaldia, Figure 4. Differences in the fruiting structures of three
(C) colonial Pediastrum, and (D) filamentous Spirogyra groups of fungi. (A) occurs in bread mold, (B) in yeasts and
(c) in mushrooms
(Source: Philippines. Department of Education. (2009). Science and Technology II. Textbook (Rev.
ed.). Pasig City: Instructional Materials Development Corporation. p.242-264.)
CLASSIFICATION of PLANTS
Vascular Non-vascular
plants which have tissues to transport plants which do not have tissues to
water and food. Examples: ferns, transport water and food. Examples:
horsetails, club mosses liverworts, mosses, hornworts
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Let’s Practice
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ACTIVITY 1MBLED WORDS
Jumble in the Jungle
Directions: Arrange the letters to form the correct word described in each item.
DIRECTIONS: A the correct word thJtters in thramid.___________ 1. PMHUPY
___________ 2. NESGU
___________ – group– within
1. MHUPLY a family
It is divided into classes.
___________ 3. REDOR – group within a class.
___________
___________ 2. REDOR
4. SACLS – Itwithin
– group is a group within a class.
a phylum
___________ 5. LMIAFY
___________ – each
3. NESGU – Itrelated group
is a group within
within an order
a family.
___________ 4. SACLS – It is a group within a phylum.
___________
___________ 5. LMIAFY
4. SACLS – within
– group It is a group within an order.
a phylum
___________ 5. LMIAFY – each related group within an order
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Let’s Do More
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Check It Right
Directions: Examine the table below showing the classification of four organisms.
Answer the following questions by checking the box that corresponds to the correct term.
Science-tific Naming
Directions: Write the scientific name of every organism in the corresponding box below.
ORGANISMS
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Let’s Sum It Up
Word Hunting
Directions: Choose a word from the box to complete the table below.
Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided after the number.
Archae- 2
KINGDOM Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
bacteria
CELL TYPE Prokaryote 3
Cell walls Cell walls Cell walls of Cell walls Cell walls 4
CELL without with cellulose or made of chitin made of
STRUCTURE peptidoglycan peptidoglycan chloroplast cellulose or
chloroplast
5 Mostly Mostly 6
NUMBER OF unicellular multicellular;
CELLS some
unicellular
Heterotrophs Autotrophs or Heterotrophs 7 8
MODE OF
heterotrophs
NUTRITION
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Let’s Assess
Directions: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before the number.
___ 1. Cats and dogs belong to the same order. In what level of classification do they
differ?
A. Class B. Domain C. Family D. Kingdom
___ 2. What is the branch of science that deals with the classification of living things?
A. Astronomy B. Biology C. Geology D. Taxonomy
___ 6. Which of the following refers to the group of similar organisms and capable of
interbreeding?
A. Autotroph B. Family C. Order D. Species
___ 7. What are the two parts of a scientific name based on the hierarchical taxonomic
system?
A. class and order C. genus and species
B. family and order D. kingdom and phylum
___ 8. Which of the following is a correctly written scientific name for Palawan Hornbill?
A. anthracoceros marchei C. Anthracoceros marchei
B. anthracoceros marchei D. Anthracoceros marchei
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Answer Key
Let’s Try
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C
Let’s Practice
ACTIVITY 1: Jumble in the Jungle
1. phylum 2. order 3. genus 4. class 5. family
ACTIVITY 2: Forest in the Box
1. archaea 2. bacteria 3. eukarya 4. protists/protista 5. plants/plantae
Let’s Do More
ACTIVITY 1: Check It Right
1. species 2. domain 3. kingdom 4. species 5. domestic dog & mountain lion
ACTIVITY 2: Science-tific Naming
If handwritten: 1. Sanseviera trifasciata 2. Tragulus nigricans
3. Polyplectron napoleonis 4. Mangifera indica 5. Chelonia mydas
Let’s Sum It Up
ACTIVITY 1: Word Hunting
Let’s Sum It Up
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. G 5. J
6. F 7. A 8. E 9. I 10. H
Let’s Assess
1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. D
References
Book
Campo, Pia C., Maria Helen D.H Catalan, Letisha V. Catris, Marlene B. Ferido,
Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla, and Jacqueline Rose M. Gutierrez. Science Grade 8
Learner's Module. Pasig City, Philippines: Department of Education, 2016.
Fernandez, Jose, Fe Fernandez and Edna Imelda Fernandez-Legazpi. Palawan Flora and
Fauna. 2nd Edition. Puerto Princesa City: Palawan Council for Sustainable
Development, 2002.
<https://pkp.pcsd.gov.ph/images/Palawan%20Flora%20and%20Fauna.pdf>.
Mason, Kenneth A., Jonathan B. Losos and Susan R. Singer. Biology. New York City:
McGraw-Hill, 2011.
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