I. Quick check. 1 What is the difference between a physiologist and a pathologist?
1 What is the difference between a physiologist and a pathologist?
2 Which is the highest level of biological organization on Earth?
3 In an experiment in which the rate of photosynthesis of a plant is measured at different light intensities, which is the independent (manipulated) variable and which is the dependent variable?
4 How can biologists help animals in the wild?
5 What is astrobiology?
II. Find synonyms among the pool of words:
| Pool of words | Synonyms | |
| 1) 1.enormous/2.valid/3.reject/4.great/5.refute/6.important | ||
| 2) 1.reveal/2.open /3.differ/4. take place/5.vary/6.happen | ||
| 3) 1.work /2.be involved /3.take part /4.be employed | ||
| 4) 1.carry out /2.experimentally /3.fulfill /4.tentatively | ||
| 5) 1.change /2.investidation /3.modify /4.research |
III. Fill in the missing words:
| № | Term (verb) | Noun | ||
| 1. | employ | …… | ||
| 2. | inherit | …… | ||
| 3. | modify | …… | ||
| 4. | observe | …… | ||
| 5. | measure | …… | ||
| 6. | predict | …… | ||
| 7. | understand | …… | ||
| 8. | discover | …… | ||
| 9. | know | …… | ||
| 10. | contradict | …… | ||
IV. Use monolingual English dictionary and write down what could the words given below mean:
inheritance, interpretation, species, hypothesis, to refute.
V. Match the words with their definitions:
| № | Word | Definition | |
| 1. | individual | A. | very strict and difficult to change |
| 2. | horticulture | B. | the protection of natural environment |
| 3. | rigid | C. | the natural world in which people, animals and plants live |
| 4. | predict | D. | to say that sth a person has said or written is wrong or untruthful |
| 5. | conservation | E. | a single person or thing, considered separately from the class or group to which he, she, or it belongs |
| 6. | contradict | F. | to say that sth will happen in the future |
| 7. | variable | G. | the art, practice or science of growing fruit, flowers and vegetables |
| 8. | environment | H. | a thing or quantity that can change and be changed |
VI. Find English equivalents to the following word combinations from the text:
| N | Russian term | English equivalent |
| 1. | Особи одного вида, живущие в одном месте. | |
| 2. | Кроме того, многие биологи работают учителями, преподавателями вузов или исследователями. | |
| 3. | Существует много способов научного изучения жизни. | |
| 4. | Что произошло бы, если бы эта гипотеза оказалась верной? | |
| 5. | Ученые могут повторить эксперимент, используя наблюдения, полученные другими биологами. | |
| 6. | С другой стороны. | |
| 7. | Результат необходимо интерпретировать как можно объективнее. | |
| 8. | Очевидно. | |
| 9. | Гипотеза принимается только экспериментально. | |
| 10. | Поддержать гипотезу или опровергнуть ее. |
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