SCIENCE

• The Philippine archipelago is made of 7107 islands having a total land area of 300 square kilometers.
• 94% of its total land area is covered by the 11 largest islands.
• The largest island is Luzon with a land area of 10500 km2.
• What is the coordinates of the Philippines?

  13 degrees 00' N 122 degrees 00' E
• The Philippines is located on the active plate fault called the Philippine Plate.
• Rocks are mixtures of mineral matter composed of various substances formed in masses of large quantities in the Earth's crust by the action of of heat, water, pressure, etc.
• Igneous rocks are solidified lava or magma.
• What are the 2 kinds of igneous rocks?

  Extrusive and Intrusive
• Extrusive igneous rocks are solidified lava that cools off and hardens abruptly on the surface
• Intrusive igneous rocks are formed from lava that cools and hardens gradually below the surface.
• Sedimentary rocks are rocks that are exposed to weathering and erosion.
• Metamorphic rocks are those exposed to extreme heat and pressure beneath the surface.
• Soil is the fertile point of the lithosphere composed of fine rocks and decayed matter that supports plant life.
• Pedology is the study of soil
• Residual soil has not been moved from the original place. it is formed by chemical or physical weathering of rock
• Transported soil has been carried by wind, and other agents of erosion from one place to another.
• Loam soil has the right amount of gravel, sand, and silt to be a good soil.
• Sandy soil contains mostly sand and a little amount of clay.
• Clay soil is made up mostly of clay and a little amount of sand and humus.
• The Philippines is known as the "Pearl of the Orient Seas".
• Tamaraw also known as Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo is classified as endangered too.
• What are the 3 largest river in the country?

  Cagayan River, Rio Grande de Mindanao and Agusan River
• rice is the staple fod along with corn.
• Pili nut is one crop unique to the Philippines.
• Timber products from Philippine forests are used for local consumption and for export.
• rattans are naturally found in the Philippine dipterocarp forests and are distributed throughout the count.
• Bamboo is a fast-growing woody grass used for multiple purposes, mainly as furnitures.
• Mangroves are found at sea level, bays, and estuaries.
• Coconut palms are generally found below 300 meter below the said bodies of water.
• Philippine mahogany is used to supply lumber and paper industry.
• haribon or Philippine Eagle, formerly called the monkey eating eagle is the best known member of the Philippine bird family.
• hornbill of Sulu, Jolo, and Tawi-Tawi is another great elusive mountain dwelling bird
• Peacock pheasant in in Palawan is a remarkable bird.
• sailfin dragon and flying lizard discovered by Jose Rizal while he was exiled in Dapitan, Mindanao are some of the more elusive scaled beasts.
• Whale shark, the world's largest fish known to reach approximately 20 meters in length, is occasionally seen in Philippine waters.
• Dwarf pygmy, the world's smallest fish. It usually inhabits the streams in Bulacam and Malabon river.
• In Lake Buhi, the world's smalles commercial fish, tabios, is found but this creature is nearing extinction.
• Philippines is said to be the home to the sea cow or dugong. A great number of them were once found in Philippine waters but now are rare.
• Minerals are solid compounds of important metals found in nature embedded in rocks.
• Mineralogy is the science that deals with identification and classification of minerals.