Рубежный контроль 2
Вариант 1
1.Answer the next questions.
1. Where does come word " ecology "? What does it mean?
2. What does base problems study science ecology?
3. What does the tundra climate look like?
4. What kind of animals live year-round in the arctic tundra?
5. How does the oil industry influents to the arctic tundra?
2.Translate sentences to Russia.
1. Taiga forests reach southward along mountain ranges ...
2. Since taiga lies closer to the equator than tundra, it receives more energy from the sun.
3. The needlelike leaves of the evergreen trees have a waxy coating that protects them from the cold and
reduces the loss of water to the air.
4. Explorers are searching for fuel and mineral treasures under the taiga.
5. The demand for all of these resources will increase with population growth.
3.Translate sentences from Russia to English
1. Игольчатые листья всех хвойных имеют восковое покрытие для защиты от холода и
потери влаги.
2. В тайге кроме хвойных деревьев произрастает много других видов растений: березы, ивы,
осины.
3. В тайге обитают лоси и бобры.
4. Опавшая листва, ветки и умершие животные не гниют так быстро как теплых регионах.
5. Почвы хвойных лесов очень бедные и содержат мало гумуса.
Рубежный контроль 2
Вариант 2
1.Make the question for each sentence
Industrial hygienists are employed by large industrial manufacturers, insurance companies, public health
agencies, and consulting firms. An industrial hygienist conducts a training session in which he informs
workers about the dangers of particular chemicals. Some spend most of their time in laboratories, where they
analyze air samples, determine the effects of certain chemicals, or run tests on the reliability of health
equipment, such as pacemakers and respirators. These professionals are sometimes called industrial hygiene
chemists.
2.Translate the phrases are presented below
1)Сохранение здоровья, 2)предотвращать профессиональные болезни, 3)опасность для здоровья,
4)условия труда, 5)чрезмерный шум, 6)опасные материалы, 7) измерять уровень радиоактивности,
8)проводить обучающие семинары, 9)анализировать образцы, 10) токсичные отходы, безопасность
продукции.
3. Answer the questions
1. What name does the biosphere have else?
2. What groups of the elements does the biosphere contain?
3. What does atmosphere layer save all living?
4. How do plants create the first organic matter?
Рубежный контроль 2
Вариант 3
1.Make the question for each sentence
1) The outer layer of the planet Earth can be divided into several compartments: the hydrosphere (or sphere of
water), the lithosphere (or sphere of soils and rocks), and the atmosphere (or sphere of the air).
2) The biosphere contains great quantities of elements such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.
3) The functioning of the ecosystem is based on the input of solar energy.
4) Plants and photosynthetic microorganisms convert light into chemical energy by the process of
photosynthesis, which creates glucose (a simple sugar) and releases free oxygen.
2.Find odd one out.
1. Population, community, species, biosphere;
2. semisphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere;
3. phosphorus, calcium, potassium, carbon, nitrogen, mercury, oxygen;
4. cellular respiration, photosynthesis, recycling of elements, organic state;
5. Plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms, insects;
6. needlelike leaves, aspens, evergreen trees, spruce, fir trees.
3.Make the right word order in the sentence.
1. work prevent diseases they occupational to.
2. «the fourth envelope» is the sometimes biosphere why described as?
3. contain does elements what the biosphere?
4. are these called chemists professionals industrial sometimes hygiene.
5. and quantities biosphere nitrogen elements carbon contains the great of such as oxygen.
6. is respiration the organisms process the by cellular break which glucose.
7. evaluate conditions they recognize lessen predict and working negative.
8. oceans the are store tanks which large water.
Рубежный контроль 2
Вариант 4
Make the questions for these sentences.
1.For modern ecologists, ecology can be studied at several levels: population level (individuals of the same
species), biocoenosis level (or community of species), ecosystem level, and biosphere level.
2.The functioning of the ecosystem is based on the input of solar energy.
Explorers are searching for fuel and mineral treasures under the taiga.
3.The needlelike leaves of the evergreen trees have a waxy coating that protects them from the cold and reduces
the loss of water to the air.
4.Taiga forests reach southward along mountain ranges such as the Rockies and Appalachians.
5.Ecology is the study of the relationships between living things and their environment.
6.People are part of the world ecosystem, and have a great and growing effect on many other ecosystems.
7.The burning of coal, oil, and other fuels has affected the entire atmosphere of the earth.
Make the right word order in the sentence.
1.Industrial hygienists, by large, public health agencies, industrial manufacturers, are employed, insurance
companies, and, consulting firms.
2. hygienists, occupational, are, industrial, health, safety, and, specialists.
3. the, industrial, of, which, hygienist conducts, a, training, informs, session, in, he, workers, chemicals, about,
dangers, particular.
4. requirements, industrial, keep, hygienists, local, and, companies, groups, informed, labor, health, of, state,
federal, and.
Translate sentences to Russia.
1.For modern ecologists, ecology can be studied at several levels: population level (individuals of the same
species), biocoenosis level (or community of species), ecosystem level, and biosphere level. 2.The functioning
of the ecosystem is based on the input of solar energy. 3.Explorers are searching for fuel and mineral treasures
under the taiga. 4.The needlelike leaves of the evergreen trees have a waxy coating that protects them from the
cold and reduces the loss of water to the air. 5.Taiga forests reach southward along mountain ranges such as the
Rockies and Appalachians. 6.Ecology is the study of the relationships between living things and their
environment. 7.People are part of the world ecosystem, and have a great and growing effect on many other
ecosystems. 8.The burning of coal, oil, and other fuels has affected the entire atmosphere of the earth.
Рубежный контроль 2
Вариант 5
Make the right word order in the sentence.
1. work prevent diseases they occupational to.
2. «the fourth envelope» is the sometimes biosphere why described as?
3. contain does elements what the biosphere?
4. are these called chemists professionals industrial sometimes hygiene.
5. and quantities biosphere nitrogen elements carbon contains the great of such as oxygen.
6. is respiration the organisms process the by cellular break which glucose.
7. evaluate conditions they recognize lessen predict and working negative.
8. oceans the are store tanks which large water.
Translate these sentences from English to Russia
1.The location of biomes over the earth is determined mostly by climate, especially by rainfall and
temperature. 2.And climate itself is determined by many factors including latitude (distance from the equator),
ocean currents, topography, and the prevailing winds.
3.The biomes themselves don't begin and end sharply. 4.They blend together at their borders, sometimes over a
span of many miles. 5.This zone between two biomes or between two ecosystems is called an ecotone. 6.There
are ecotones all around us — the shore of a pond, the bank of a stream, the edge between a forest and a
meadow. 7.Usually there is a great variety of life in ecotones because animals living there have the best of two
worlds, getting food, shelter, and other necessities from two different ecosystems.
Make some questions for each sentence.
1. The living things in an ecosystem affect each other in many ways.
2. Parasites are an important part of all communities.
3. Fish called remoras attach themselves to sharks.
4. There are many other commensal relationships in the sea.
5. Some predators depend entirely on animals they kill.