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Science – Grade 5
Quarter 4 – Self Learning Module 8: Effects of Soil Erosion on Living Things!

First Edition, 2020

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 Science 5
Quarter 4
Self Learning Module 8
Effects of Soil Erosion on Living
Things
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Science Grade 5 Self Learning Module 8 on Effects of Soil Erosion on
Living things!
This Self Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators from Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-In-Charge
Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin in partnership
with the Local Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis
N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) while overcoming their personal,
social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners
as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the Science Grade 5 Self Learning Module 8 on Effects of Soil Erosion on
Living things!
The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a learner
is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies and
skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning material while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectation - These are what you will be able to know after

completing the lessons in the module

Pretest - This will measure your prior knowledge and the

concepts to be mastered throughout the lesson.

Recap - This section will measure what learnings and skills that
you understand from the previous lesson.

Lesson - This section will discuss the topic for this module.

Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.

Wrap Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

applications of the lessons.

Valuing - This part will check the integration of values in the

learning competency.

Posttest - This will measure how much you have learned from
the entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This Self Learning Module will focus mostly on discussing and explaining the
effects of soil erosion on living things.

After going through this Self Learning Module, you are expected to:
1. describe the effects of soil erosion on living things;
2. explain the effects of soil erosion on plants and animals; and
3. appreciate the importance of soil erosion on living things.

PRETEST

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. In which landforms will not be eroded easily?

A. cliff
B. hill
C. mountain
D. valley

2. Which activities of people contribute to soil erosion?

A. Building rice terraces.
B. Construction of dikes.
C. Cutting of trees.
D. Planting of trees.

3. During rainy season, landslide commonly occur. Trees can prevent soil erosion.
How?
A. They bear some fruits.
B. They make the soil rich.
C. Their leaves and branches absorb water.
D. Their roots absorb water and hold the soil.

4. What are the possible effects of erosion to plants, animals, and people?
A. The natural habitat of plants and animals are destroyed.
B. Travelling by land becomes difficult because rocks are destroyed.
C. Farmers cannot grow more crops because the topsoil was carried by
erosion.
D. All of the above.
5. Plants are very important in production of food, we need to plant and cultivate
them. Plants do not grow well in ________________?
A. Fertile soil
B. Rich soil
C. Subsoil
D. Topsoil

RECAP

Let us try to check if you can still recall our previous topic, by doing this
simple activity to help you freshen up your mind. Ready? Get your notebook or your
paper and pen then be ready to record or write your answer.

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct, and FALSE if the statement
is incorrect. Put your answer on the line before the number.

__________1. A slope is a flat surface of land.

__________2. Small volumes of soil and sand are transported when they are

used in the construction of houses.

__________3. When burrowing animals dig the ground, some rock and soil

particles stick to their bodies.

__________4. Landslide can be caused by water, wind, animals and humans.

__________5. Deforestation can cause flashfloods and landslides due to

erosion.

Very Good! You can still remember our previous lesson. Now, let us proceed
with our new topic and learn more about the effects of heat and electricity on objects
and people.

LESSON

Natural erosion caused by water and wind has carved the earth’s surface and
created the landforms we see today. The mountains, valleys, plains, and plateaus are
the landforms created by natural erosion millions of years ago. Man accelerated
erosion by activities altering the environment in almost everywhere he settled.
Plants get most of its nutrients from the topsoil. The topsoil contains the
organic materials produced by dead plants and animals. However, this topsoil is
usually carried away by wind and water. Once the topsoil is gone, the nutrients for
plants will be carried away as well.

Too much soil erosion makes the soil unable to hold or absorb water. This
makes the soil dry, coarse, and eventually unfit for vegetation. In addition, sediments
that are washed away by water can clog irrigation systems and can further inhibit
the plant’s water supply.

Deforestation
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45150779@N04/5058805894

The effect of erosion on plants would mean less food production. This can
affect animals and humans since plants are their main source of food and nutrients.

Less plants produced by farmers due to erosion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_plant_production#/media/File:Farming-on-Indonesia.jpg

Aside from the lack of food supply, people who depend on farming as their
source of livelihood will have problems if they do not have a healthy and fertile soil
to plant on.
Another negative effect of erosion is the prevalence of mine tailings. Mine
tailings are the mineral wastes or leftovers after the mining process. Erosion brought
about by water can wash mine tailings to nearby bodies of water and pollute them.
Polluted seas and rivers can affect aquatic plants and animals, as well as the potable
water supply of animals and humans.
 ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Fix me Up!

Directions: Arrange the letters in the box to complete each sentence.

1. The movement of soil from one place to another by some forces is called
___________________.

ROENIOS

2. When parts of the mountains, forest, and valleys erode, the natural
habitats of plants and animals are ________________.

SDEOTREDY
3. Erosion washes away the rich soil of _________________ which can
result in less production of food plants.

DSLMARFNA

4-5. When erosion occur and destroys roads, this affects the
transportation of people and lots of _________and _________ is wasted.

ONMYE EIMT

Activity 2: TRUTH OR FICTION?

Directions. Write T if the statement is true, and F if false.

_____ 1. People can do many things to prevent soil erosion.

______ 2. The Banawe Rice Terraces which is used in planting rice plants help in the

prevention of soil erosion in the Mountain Province.

_____ 3. Illegal logging can help in the security of animal homes in the forest.

_____ 4. Most houses in Baguio City are protected from soil erosion through planting

of trees.
_____ 5. Building dikes along riverbanks prevent rain water from carrying soil thus

preventing the destruction of houses of people and even animals.

Activity 3: Please prove It!

Directions: Write the effect of erosion on the following.

1. ANIMALS
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. PLANTS
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. PEOPLE
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

WRAP UP

Directions: Fill up the following columns, by giving the correct ideas needed in the
following questions.

Good effects of soil erosion to Bad effects of soil erosion to people,

people, plants and animals plants and animals

VALUING

After learning how erosion affects plants, animals, and people’s lives, as a
Grade 5 Learner, how can you help preserve these Living things?
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
 POSTTEST

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Movement of land formations takes a lot of time to happen. What do you call the
carrying away and transporting of rocks by water?
A. cultivation
B. erosion
C. generation
D. motion

2. In what way do plants prevent erosion of the soil?

A. They cover the soil.
B. They make the soil harder.
C. They provide the soil with nutrients.
D. Their roots absorb water and hold the soil.

3. Animals and people depend a lot from plants in terms of food. We plant them on
farmlands to cultivate them. Why do we have to take care of the soil?
A. Soil prevents erosion.
B. The soil has nutrients in it.
C. Plants that give us food grow on soil.
D. All of the above.

4. What will happen if there are no more trees in the forest?

A. Animals will be free.
B. More rocks will come out.
C. The soil will become hard.
D. The soil will easily be eroded.

5. Which of the statements below is true?

A. Plants grow well in subsoil.
B. Soil erosion does not affect plants.
C. Man does not contribute in the security of plants and animals.
D. The steeper the slope of the land, the more soil particles are carried away by
erosion.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. D 5. T TIME 5. 5. TRUE C 5.
4. D 4. T MONEY 4. 4. TRUE D 4.
3. D 3. F FARMLANDS 3. 3. TRUE D 3.
2. D 2. T DESTROYED 2. 2. TRUE C 2.
1. B 1. T EROSION 1. 1. FALSE D 1.

POST TEST ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 1 RECAP PRE-TEST

References
BOOKS
Evelyn T. Sarte. et.al, 2016. Science Beyond Borders 5. Vibal Group Inc.
Franco, Dr.Aurora A. 2014. Exploring the World of Science. Adriana
Publishing Co. Inc.

ON LINE SOURCES
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45150779@N04/5058805894
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_plant_production#/media
/File:Farming-on-Indonesia.jpg