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VI. Give Russian equivalents to the following English terms:

English term

Russian equivalent

1

according to

2

inhabited the world in the past

3

sufficiently great

4

continuous and gradual change

5

widely accepted among biologists

6

to develop the theory

7

natural selection

8

with varying characteristics

9

struggle for existence

10

to obtain limited resources

11

best adapted to their environment

12

to escape predation

13

a full description of the theory of evolution

14

a common ancestor

VII. Find synonyms among the pool of words:

Pool of words

Synonyms

1)1.develop/2.accept/3.change/4.alter/5.evolve/6.obtain

2)1.support /2.happen/3.exist/4.occur/5.underpin /6.live

3)1. investigation /2.selection /3.research /4. choice

4)1.escape/2.disease/3.individual/4.get away/5.illness/

6.human being

VIII. Answer the following questions. Use all information given before:

        1. How does the evolution usually take place?

        2. What led Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution?

        3. What did Darwin mean by “natural selection”?

        4. What are three main observations of Darwin’s theory?

    1. What does “struggle for existence” mean?

    2. What book has been called the most important biology book ever written?

    3. Do the majority of biologists accept Darwin’s theory?

    4. What is called neo-Darwinism?

IX. Match the sentence halves. Make complete sentences:

1.

According to most biologists, the millions of species living on Earth today

A.

is called neo-Darwinism.

2.

Evolution happens

B.

than are required to replace their parents.

3.

The mechanism that is widely accepted among biologists today

C.

to support his theory and refined his ideas.

4.

Organisms produce more offspring

D.

which underpins much of modern biology.

5.

Members of the same population compete

E.

are descended from other species that inhabited the world in the past.

6.

For more than 20 years, Darwin collected evidence

F.

come about by random and spontaneous changes in genes.

7.

Evolution by natural selection has become a central theme

G.

to obtain limited resources.

8.

The variations that are so important in natural selection

H.

when the genetic composition of a population changes over successive generations.

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