Plants can be almost any colour 1._______.They may be 2._____, or so small that you cannot see them with the 3._______ eye. A giant 4._______is just as much a plant as a 5._____tree, 6.______plant, or a bacterium which is too 7.____ to see.
Some plants flourish in 8.______ climates, while others live equally successfully on 9._______ and ice. Some carry out their life processes in total 10________, while others are at their best in 11.________ sunlight.
A whole 12_______known as ecology has grown up to help us understand the relationship between the 13._____ and living things there. 14.______, forestry, and 15._____are the sciences of learning how to make living things do what we want them to do in a given place.
TREES. Give the Ukrainian name of the following trees
| 1. ash ______________ 2. aspen ____________ 3. birch _____________ 4. chestnut __________ 5. elm ______________ 6. fir _______________ 7. hazel _____________ 8. larch _____________ 9. linden ____________ 10. maple ___________ 11. oak _____________ 12. pine ____________ 13. poplar ___________ 14. walnut __________ 15. willow ___________ |
TREES. Which of the above trees are deciduous, which coniferous, and which evergreens?
PLANTS. Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below.
air branching head climb erect ground
liquids reproduction shrubs soft spread
storage tall tissue trunk woody plants
Stems
Stems are parts of plants that may be organs of food 1. _______or of 2.______. They may be useful in moving 3.__________from one part of the plant to another, or they may merely hold certain parts high in the 4.___________.
The 5._______of stems may be 6._______ and weak or hard and woody. The different groups of 7._______are vines, trees, and shrubs.
Vines are rarely 8.______They 9.______wind, or 10. ______over some support. Trees have a single trunk, with a 11.______and are, when mature, normally over three metres 12_______. 13.________, on the other hand, do not have a 14.________.They usually branch close to the 15.________ and are not very tall.
STAGES IN THE LIFE-CYCLE OF A PLANT. Put the following stages of the life-cycle of a plant in the correct order.
| 1. | First, | a. | flowers appear. |
| 2. | Next, | b. | the fruit forms. |
| 3. | Soon, | c. | germination begins. |
| 4. | At this stage, | d. | leaves also start to sprout. |
| 5. | Subsequently, | e. | the plant decomposes. |
| 6. | Meanwhile, | f. | the plant dies. |
| 7. | Later, | g. | pollination takes place. |
| 8. | Then, | h. | roots begin to develop. |
| 9. | During this process, | i. | the seed begins to swell. |
| 10. | Afterwards, | j | the seed is sown. |
| 11. | Eventually, | k. | the seed needs water. |
| 12. | Finally, | the stigma receives pollen. |
PLANTS. Choose the right answer.
1. One of the effects of acid rain is that it causes plants to ________.
a) contract b) shrink c) thrive d) wither
2. Owing to the warm weather, there has been _________of strawberries this year.
a) an affluence b) a glut c) an overflow d) a redundancy
3. Our grandpa's sitting over there in the shade in the middle of that ________of trees.
a) bundle b) clump c) scrub d) stack
4. We thought the plants had all died from lack of rain, and were delighted to see new ________ appearing.
a) points b) shapes c) shoots d) tops
5. Oak and beech are ________
a) bushes b) coniferous trees c) deciduous trees d) shrubs
6. Those ______ could be delicious fried in butter for dinner.
a) ferns b) fungi c) mosses d) mushrooms
7. A green carpet of _________covered the decaying tree trunk.
a) herb b) moss c) shrub d) turf
8. When the wind blows, you can hear the leaves ________
a) cracking b) creaking c) rattling d) rustling
9. The indiscriminate use of pesticides has ________many rare species.
a) cancelled b) devastated c) extincted d) wiped out
10. Waste paper can be ________instead of being burnt.
a) decomposed b) incinerated c) recycled d) revamped
11. Don't eat those berries in case they are ____________
a) contagious b) infectious c) poisonous d) venomous
12. Several of the trees in the park were ________ .
a) diseased b) ill c) sick d) unhealthy
HERBS. Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below
biennials
blades
classified
flavor
fleshy
life-cycle
mature
medicines
perennial
scent
seasons
seed
value
year