- •Viruses and subviruses
- •1. Make sure you know the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •Viruses and subviruses
- •Viruses
- •Subviruses
- •Comrehension check
- •1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •2. Questions to think about.
- •3. Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text. Language focus
- •2. Form the derivatives of the words given in the table (where possible):
- •3. Define the following terms:
- •4. Match the first half of a sentence in column a with the appropriate second half in column b:
- •5. Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •1. Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing:
- •2. Sum up what you have learned about viruses and subviruses and prepare a report about them. Unit 2 monera
- •1. Make sure you know the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •6. Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •1. Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing:
- •Unit 3 protista
- •1. Make sure you know the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •Define the following terms:
- •4. Match the first half of a sentence in column a with the appropriate second half in column b:
- •5. Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •1. Prepare dialogues discussing: a) general information about the kingdom Protista; b) primitive protists; c) true algae; d) unicellular algae.
- •2. Prepare a report on the topic under discussion. Unit 4 fungi
- •1. Make sure you know the following words and word combinations:
- •1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •2. Questions to think about.
- •3. Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text.
- •4. Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •1. Name and describe: a) the major groups of fungi; b) the ways of fungal nutrition.
- •2. Prepare a report on the topic under discussion.
- •Plant kingdom: plantae
- •Make sure you know the following words and word combinations:
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •Give detailed answers to the questions below:
- •Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text.
- •Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •1. Explain the terms: Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta.
- •Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing reproductive structures of algae and higher plants.
- •Prepare a report: How did embryophyte plants inhabit terrestrial environments? unit 6 bryophyta. Vascular plants. Psilophyta. Lycophyta
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •Give detailed answers to the questions below:
- •Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text.
- •Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •Name the new terms learned by you from the text.
- •Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing club mosses.
- •Write an essay on the topic Bryophyta. Unit 7 sphenophyta. Pterophyta. Gymnosperms. Cycadophyta. Ginkgophyta
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •Give detailed answers to the questions below:
- •Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text.
- •Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •Describe the genus Ginkgo.
- •Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing cycadophytes.
- •Prepare a report about pterophytes. Unit 8 coniferophyta: conifers. Anthophyta / angiosperms: flowering plants
- •1. Make sure you know the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
- •2. Ask questions revealing the main points of the text.
- •3. Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text.
- •5. Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •1. Describe: a) how angiosperms are pollinated; b) the life cycle of conifers.
- •2. Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing:
- •3. Write essays on the topics: a) conifers; b) flowering plants. Unit 9 typical flower
- •1. Make sure you know the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the text.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false:
- •Give detailed answers to the questions below:
- •Put the parts of the sentences in the right order:
- •Divide the text into parts and give a title to each of them.
- •Prepare a report on the topic under discussion. Contents
1. Choose the right variant for the multiple-choice statements.
Horsetails (Sphenophyta) have
true leaves b. true stems c. true roots
d. all of the above e. none of the above.
Ferns (Pterophyta) have
true leaves b. true stems c. true roots
d. all of the above e. none of the above.
Angiosperms include
grasses b. sedges c. rushes
d. all of the above e. none of the above.
Gymnosperms include
cycads b. ginkgoes c. conifers
d. all of the above e. none of the above.
Give detailed answers to the questions below:
When did Sphenophytes appear and how long did they dominate?
What is cambium?
What do botanists think about pterophytes?
How do tree ferns look? Why?
What is the dominant stage in the fern’s life cycle?
Why do ferns tend to be restricted to moist environments?
What groups of plants do Spermopsida include?
What plants do: a) gymnosperms and b) angiosperms contain?
What are distinctive characteristics of seed ferns and gnetophytes?
What parts does a cycad consist of?
What do you know about the reproductive system of cycads?
What plants were important constituents of the Mesozoic forests?
Where are ginkgoes distributed?
How does fertilization occur in ginkgophytes?
Think of 5-7 statements that would contradict the contents of the text.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Match the words that are: a) similar and b) opposite in meaning:
a)
b)
to account for
crucial
decline
rule
width
modern
contemporary
upperside
pterophytes
fronds
exception
out-of-date
comtemporary
to attain
underside
closed
leaves
to explain
not conspicuous
increase
to reach
girth
naked
apparent, evident
to confine, to restrict
erect
upright
to limit
petiole
stalk
drastic
ferns
Define the following terms:
cambium |
xylem |
phloem |
gnetophytes |
dioecious |
pinnately compound |
zygote |
micropyle |
pollen tube |
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