- •Basic Concepts of Geology
- •Vocabulary section
- •Be sure you know the following words and their translation
- •Match the words in column a with their definitions in column b
- •Skim the text and define classification of geological structure of the Earth
- •Scan the text and answer the following questions
- •Petroleum geology
- •Basic concepts of geology
- •Plate Tectonics
- •Crustal Plates
- •Petroleum Geology
- •Geologic Structures
- •Warps and Folds
- •Life on Earth
- •Geologic time scale
- •Categorizing Rocks
- •Types of Rock
- •The Rock Cycle
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false
- •5 Fill in the gaps
- •Grammar section noun
- •Noun Gender
- •Noun Plurals
- •Write the following nouns and word-combinations in plural
- •Give the plural forms of the following nouns
- •Translation section
- •Translate the following sentences from English into Ukrainian
- •Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English
Basic Concepts of Geology
Vocabulary section
Be sure you know the following words and their translation
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Ukrainian |
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earth's crust |
земна кора |
земная кора |
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fossil |
скам'янілість |
окаменелость |
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core |
ядро |
ядро |
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petroleum geology |
геологія нафти |
геология нефти |
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oil reservoir
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нафтовий пласт (колектор) |
нефтяной пласт (коллектор) |
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oilfield |
родовище |
месторождение |
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mountain range |
гірський хребет |
горная цепь |
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mantle |
мантія |
мантия |
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magnesium |
магній |
магний |
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plate tectonics |
тектоніка плит |
тектоника плит |
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oceanic crust |
океанічна кора |
океаническая кора |
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continental crust |
континентальна кора |
континентальная кора |
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magma |
магма |
магма |
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rift |
розлом, рифт |
розлом, рифт |
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lava |
лава |
лава |
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fold |
складка |
складка |
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fault |
розрив |
разрыв |
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rock strata |
нашарування гірських порід |
наслоение горных пород |
Match the words in column a with their definitions in column b
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anticline |
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a downward fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope towards a vertical axis |
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dome |
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an elongated trough of land produced by subsidence of the earth's crust between two faults |
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syncline |
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a structure in which rock layers slope away in all directions from a central point |
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basin |
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a geologic period of the Paleozoic era spanning from 416 ± 2.8 to 359.2 ± 2.5 million years ago |
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graben
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a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest |
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horst
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the raised fault block bounded by normal faults formed from extension of the Earth's crust |
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Cambrian period |
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that part of the earth's crust that rises above the oceans and is composed of sialic rocks |
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lava
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referring to the basin-shaped warping of underlying bedrock in a region |
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continent
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the earliest period in whose rocks are found numerous large, distinctly fossilizable multicellular organisms |
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Devonian period |
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magma emanating from volcanoes and other vents |
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