Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Batangas
District of Mabini

ANSELMO A. SANDOVAL MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

P.Balibaguhan Mabini Batangas

STRATEGIC INTERVENTION MATERIAL:
An Intervention Material for Grade 7 Science

Prepared by:

RODEL M. CATAJAY
ENERGY TRANSFER
through the TROPHIC LEVEL TITLE CARD

Where do plants and

animals get their own
food?

How does energy

being transferred
from one organism
to another?

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 This Strategic Intervention Material (SIM) is designed to give you better
understanding of the mechanism of transfer of energy from
one trophic levels to the next trophic levels.
GUIDE CARD

COMPETENCIES:
➔ Trace the flow of energy from the original

sources down to the different trophic

levels in the ecosystem

OBJECTIVES:
➔ State the different trophic levels and the organism that belong

to each levels
➔
Clearly identify which organism are producers, 1st order
consumer,2nd order consumer and 3rd order consumers,
and decomposer/detrivores
➔ Construct food chain and food webs

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Where do animals and plants get their food?
What you need
to know?

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 The PRODUCERS.

Plants are capable of converting energy

from the Sun into chemical energy in the
form of glucose (food). The process is called
photosynthesis, which uses water, carbon
dioxide and sunlight.

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Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms
to convert light energy, normally from the Sun, into chemical energy that
can be later released to fuel the organisms' activities.
There are also
microorganisms that
can photosynthesize;
example are shown
below.

Cyanobacteria

Euglena

Diatoms

Spirogyra
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How do animals and humans obtain energy to
keep them alive?
Humans and other animals are not capable of making their own
food.They are dependent on the organic matter made by
photosynthetic organisms. These organisms that include the
plants and some microorganisms are considered as producers.
Animals and humans must eat either plants or other animals to obtain
energy. Organisms that feed on other organisms are called consumers.
Those that get their energy by eating plants only are called first order
consumers.

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The second-order consumers are the animals
that eat the plant-eaters.

Some energy in the first-order consumer is

not used by the consumer itself. This
energy is made available to another
consumer. A consumer that eats the plant-
eaters for energy is called a second-order
consumer (carnivore), examples are:

Miner Bird eating a caterpillar Snake eating a rat 8

The CARNIVORES-Third order consumers eat second order
consumers, they are carnivores that eat carnivores.

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 It will all return back in the soil.
When plants and animals die, the energy in their
bodies can be transferred to another group of
organisms. Consumers that look for and eat dead
animals or plants are considered scavengers.Some
common scavengers are earthworm, flies,mushroom
(fungi) and cockroach.

Decomposers release
nutrients from the organic
material back into the soil,
making the soil available to
plants and other producers.
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 The FOOD CHAIN
Food chains and food webs describe the feeding
relationships between species in a biotic community. For
example;
Banana monkey snake eagle

FYI:
Monkeys are
also known
for their table
manners.
They never
eat the
banana
without
peeling of its
skin.

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 The Energy Flow
An organism acquires energy from the food it eats. Some of
that energy is stored as fat, some is lost through wastes, urine,
and feces. But most escapes as heat, which is produced when
energy is transferred from one form to another.
Only 10% of energy if incorporated into the next trophic
level,so because the loss of energy from one level to the next is
so great, the number of trophic levels is limited.

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Direction: Arrange the following organisms into producers,
first, second and third order consumer.
ACTIVITY 1
What do you Group A
need to know?

The producers
are the one
that makes
food for the
consumers.
The energy Group B
produced from
the producers
are transferred
to the different
levels of
consumers.

Group Producers 1st Order 2nd Order 3rd Order

Consumer Consumer Consumer
A 1. 2. 3. 4.

B 1. 2. 3. 4. 13
Direction: From the pictures of living things below,put the names of
organism that should correspond to its trophic level
ACTIVITY 2
Trivia:
The Philippine
Eagle,
Pithecophaga
jefferyi, or
monkey-eating
eagle, is
among the
tallest, rarest,
largest, and
most powerful
birds in the 1.
world.It is also
known as
"Haribon"
which means
"Bird King". Its
local name is
banog.

4. 3. 2.

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DIRECTION:Construct a picture pyramid using the picture of
organisms below.
ACTIVITY 3

4.
.

3.

2.

1.

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 How far do you know? Let me see if you learned something
by answering the questions below. ASSESSMENT
CARD 1
Student 1. Which of the following is not a characteristics of a living things?
Notes: A. it gives us food
B. it floats in the water
C. it reacts to outside stimuli
What I D. it smells when decomposing
2. A food chain always starts from a producer down to the
already decomposers. Which of the following cannot be considered part of
know about the food chain?
this page? A. sun B. water
C. nutrient D. pebble
______ 3. An animal that eats animals are called carnivores. Which of the
______ statement below does not pertains to a carnivorous animal.
A. they have sharp teeth
What I B. they like to eat meat
learned from C. they have hoofed feet and big flat teeth
D. they eat dead insects
this page? 4. Name the substance that corresponds to this chemical
______ compound. C6H12O6
A. carbonic acid B. sugar
______ C. salt D. nutrients
What I still 5. Herbivores eat grass. Which of the following is more likely be
eaten by a carabao?
want to A. cogon B. cactus
know about C. niyog D. makahiya
this page?
How much did I learned? Please check ( / ) the appropriate box.
_______
_______
Nothing A little More
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Much,much more
 ASSESSMENT
CARD 2
1. Frogs feed on insects. Which type of consumer is the frog?
A.Producer
B.First order Consumer
C.Second order consumer
D.Third order consumer
2. Which of the following is the correct food chain?
A.Grass →grasshopper→ maya bird→hawk
B.Grass →grasshopper→snake→frog→ hawk
C.Grass → mouse →snake→ hawk
D.Grass →mouse→ crocodile
3. Why are plants considered as producers?
A.Plants produce fruits that can be eaten by animals
B.Plants produce root crops that supply carbohydrates to animals.
C.Plants provide vegetable for animals and human consumption.
D.Plants convert energy from the Sun into chemical energy in
the form of glucose (food).
4. Fishes are also classified into flesh eater and plant eater. Which statement is
correct?
A. Plants do not float in water
B. Plants do not live in sea water
C. Plants drowned in sea water
D. Sea weeds are plants that lives in water.
5. The ultimate source of all energy of living things.
A. soil B. sun 17
C. plants D. animals
 ASSESSMENT
CARD 3
1. Which is true about microorganisms?
A. Some microorganisms can make their own food while some do not.
B. Microorganisms is too small to capture the energy
from the sun.
C. Microorganisms dies easily in during the day.
D. Microorganisms needs less water.
2. Man and animals rely on plants for their own food. Which is not true
about man?
A. Man needs oxygen to breath.
B. Man consume glucose from plants and animals that
he eats.
C. Man contains less chlorophyl in the blood.
D. Man is considered as an Omnivore.
3.An omnivore is an animal that;
A. eats plant
B. eats dead animals
C. eats both dead animals and dead plants
D. eats both animal and plants
4. An herbivore is an animal that;
A. eats plants only B. eats less plant
C. eats more plants than usual
D. eats insects
5. How much energy is being transferred from one trophic level to
another? 18
A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 40%
 Direction: Cut out the picture below and glue them in the appropriate
places to complete a simple food web.
ENRICHMENT
CARD 1
Tertiary Consumer
Student Primary Producers

Notes:

After reading 4 1
this page:

I still do
not
understand
the task 3
2
Now I
understand
Secondary Consumer Primary Consumer
what the task
is all about

What I think
about the
things to do?
Easy
Average
Difficult 19
 How Many Food Chains are in this web?
ENRICHMENT
CARD 2

FYI:
A barn owl can eat up to 1,000 mice each year, and many farmers
try to attract barn owls to help control rodent populations in
agricultural fields. 20

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Direction: Look for the words that are discussed in this SIM. There are a total
of ten (10) words. Put a line on the words.
ENRICHMENT
CARD 3

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 REFERENCE
CARD 1
Student
Notes:

Please check
the box after DICTIONARY OF BIOLOY 8th Edition
studying the by: M. Abercrombie,
lesson M.Hickman,M.L.Johnson, M.Thain

I fully The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

understand by: Merriam-Webster Incorporated
the concept
discussed Student Guide and Teachers Guide
I partially And Curriculum Guide
understand for Grade 7 Science
the concept DepED K to 12 Program
discussed

I still do not
understand
the concept.
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Browse the Internet and learn more!!!
REFERENCE
CARD 2

http://hubpages.com/topics/education-and-
science/life-sciences/ecology/3476

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol

http://www.youtube.com/

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 Let us check your answer.
ANSWER CARD
Activity 1
1. pechay Activity 2
1.1 caterpillar
1.2 chicken 1. corn
1.3 monitor lizard 2. rat
2. saluyot
2.1 grasshopper 3. eagle
2.2 rat 4. mushroom
2.3 cat

Activity 3 Assessment 1 Assessment 2

1. maya 1. B 1. C
2. D 2. A
2. grasshopper 3. C 3. D
3. frog 4. B 4. D
4. snake 5. A 5. B

ENRICHMENT 1 ENRICHMENT 2 ENRICHMENT 3

Assessment 3
1. maize
1. A
2. rat 2. C
3. snake 3. D
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4. eagle
5. A

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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