Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office of Las Piñas City

Learning Activity Worksheets (LAW)

Earth and Life Science
Grade 11
Name: _____________________________ Date: _________ Rating/Score_________

BIOTIC POTENTIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE

Activity 1. What is the Point?

Directions: Answer the questions about biotic potential of the different organisms based
on the graphs below.

1. In the first graph, what makes the Paramecium’s

population maintain the number of its population in the
laboratory?

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____________________________________________________

2. In graph b, what factor do scientists make in this set up

different from Paramecium’s population in the Daphnia
population?

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____________________________________________________

3.What are the reasons of the up and down points in the

graph of the sparrow?

_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 2: The Risks of Two

Directions: Compare the two graphs, describe their biotic potential as the age
increases:

Reproductive years:
Rapid Growth Vs Slow Growth

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Males Females Males Females ___________________________

Factors of High Biotic Potential of

Least Developed Nations:

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___________________________
______________________________

Give reasons for lower Biotic

Potential in
Transitional Nations:

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___________________________
Activity 3: What’s the Cause?
Directions: Supply the appropriate information on the blanks that best describes the
causes of each factor under the environmental resistance.

Diseases Lack of Low food

oxygen supply
supply

Bacteria
1._____________ 2.________________
_

Environmental
Resistance
3.____________ 4.___________ 5.________________
___ ____ __

Limit Space Predators Diseases

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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 4: Balance the Scale
Directions: Group the factors or examples according to biotic potential an
environmental resistance. Refer to the choices inside the boxes below.

1.____________________ 6._______________________

2.____________________ 7._______________________
_
3.____________________ 8._______________________
_
4._____________________ 9._______________________
_ _
5.___________________ 10._____________________
_ _

Biotic Potential Environmental Resistance

BALANCE

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El Niño Phenomenon Diseases Urban Farming

Favorable weather Migration of organisms Prisoned/Lockdown
condition
Predators Adaptability High Birth Rate
Drought Floods Earthquakes

Answer the following questions:

1. How did you group the biotic potential factors?
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2. How did you group the environmental resistance factors?
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3. What Biotic potential factor termed as planting in your own garden? How will this
technique help us survive in everyday life?
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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 5. Give Me a Solution
Directions: Complete the table by listing the different Environmental Resistance shown
in the picture below and write the solution (to sustain the biotic potential) to
each factor.

Image Source: https://ikecology.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/ecological-footprints-limiting-factors/

Environmental Resistance Solution

( Sustaining Biotic Potential)
Ex: Disease Be a responsible individual, clean the
environment and do not go to the places
where there are contagious diseases.
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 5: Draw and Describe Environmental Resistance Factors

Directions: Draw the different causes that describes environmental resistance and
describe each.

Environmental Drawing Description

Resistance Factors
Example: Diseases-bacteria
Some can cause infection
to the different organisms
or species.

1. 2.
Diseases- Viruses

3. 4.
Lack of Oxygen Supply

5. 6.
Low food supply

7. 8.
Limit Space

9. 10.
Predators

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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 6: Best and Worst about Me
Directions: Describe each picture by completing the sentences that differentiates the
biotic potential and environmental resistance of the following organisms.

Biotic potential
Elephants have low biotic potential
because___________________________________________.

Environmental Resistance
Elephants’ environmental resistance
are______________________________________________.

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Biotic potential
Mouse have high biotic potential
because__________________________________________.

Environmental Resistance
Mouse’s environmental resistance
are_____________________________________________.

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Biotic potential
Lions have high biotic potential
because_____________________________________________.

Environmental Resistance
Lion’s environmental resistance
are_________________________________________________.

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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 7: Bio-Data
Directions: Fill up the information sheet of a human below by explaining the factors of
biotic potential and environmental resistance:

Species: Human
Life Span (years bracket):
____________________________
Average no. of offspring during birth:
____________________________
Usual food everyday: ________________________________
_________________________________
Supplements intake to keep healthy: ____________________
Water amount intake per day (no. of glasses: _____________

Normal Body temperature: ______________________________________________

Deadly diseases encountered: ___________________________________________

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___________________________________________
Accidents that cause death: ____________________________________________

Natural calamities experienced: __________________________________________

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______________________________________________

Best Habitat: ________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

Year of Nourishment from the mother: ____________________________________

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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)
Activity 8: What is My Role?
Directions: Complete the graphic organizer below by listing the factors and giving one
example for each answer:

Biotic Potential Environmental

Factors and give
Resistance and give
an Example for Carrying Capacity
an Example for each
each

Ex: Enough food- all Environment Ex: Lack of food- no

food resources are production of food for
available the organisms

Answer the question:

If Carrying capacity is the border line of the number of population in the environment,
how will you describe its role to the different population of organisms present in the
environment?
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Target Competency: Categorize the different biotic potential and environmental resistance (e.g.,
diseases, availability of food, and predators) that affect population explosion. (S11/12LT-IVhj- 29)