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I. Quick check:

1. Why is difficult to demonstrate the importance of water to photosynthesis?

2. How does the light compensation point of a shade plant differ from that of a sun plant?

II. Fill in the missing words:

Term

Noun

Adjective

measure

.......

.......

subject

.......

.......

interact

.......

.......

recognise

.......

.......

concentrate

.......

.......

III. Use monolingual English dictionary and write down what could the words given below mean:

concentration, factor, intensity, light, wavelength, vegetation.

IV. Match these words with their definitions:

1

photosynthesis

A.

connected with the outside of a surface

2

investigation

B.

the amount of space that a substance or object contains or fills

3

light

C.

the production by a green plant of special substances like sugar that it uses as food, caused by the action of sunlight on chlorophyll

4

factor

D.

the process of making chemical reaction quicker by adding a catalyst

5

external

E.

a small bush with several woody stems

6

internal

F.

one of the possible different forms of an atom of a particular element

7.

supply

G.

an official attempt to find out the reasons for something such as a crime, accident or scientific problem

8.

catalysis

H.

the energy from the sun, a lamp, a flame etc. that allows you to see things

9.

limiting

I.

inside something

10

shrub

J.

a chemical substance produced by living cells in plants and animals, that causes changes in other chemical substances without being changed itself

11

to measure

K.

preventing any improvement or increase in something

12.

volume

L.

one of several things that influence or cause a situation

13.

enzyme

M.

an amount of something that is available to be used

14.

velocity

N.

to find the size, length, or amount of something using standard units

15.

isotope

O.

the speed at which something moves in a particular direction

V. Find English equivalents to the following word combinations:

Russian term

English equivalent

1.

точное измерение

2.

используется растениями для дыхания

3.

внешние и внутренние факторы

4.

может быть продемонстрировано

5.

прямо пропорционально чему-либо

6.

изменения в температуре

7.

ограничивающий фактор

8.

наименее благоприятный

9.

приводит к увеличению

10.

в ответ на

11.

оптимальный уровень

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