Подберите пары слов (словосочетаний) близких по значению

совокупность улик получать опыт ознакомиться с положением объединять усилия прилагать усилия наиболее яркий пример в значительной степени ценные сведения

to survey the situation to take pains cumulative evidence to unify efforts to gain experience to a great extent valuable information the most dramatic example

1 – …	3 – …	5 – …	7 – …
2 – …	4 – …	6 – …	8 – …

Ex.3.

Замените выделенные слова и выражения эквивалентами из текста.

Science is gradually increasing in knowledge. Most advances are obtained by many investigators. A review of the advances of plate tectonics gives the picture of the joint nature of science and the way in which study in different fields givesgeneral concepts of practical importance to society.

Ex.4.

Объясните по-русски значение следующих терминов:

a plate; plate tectonics; adjacent plates; plate boundary; an underlying plate; an overriding plate; subduction of plates; obduction of plates; collision of plates; interaction of plates; convergence of plates; sliding of one plate beneath another one; submarine ridges; spreading ridges; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; upwelling processes; seismic reflection profiles.

Ex.5.

Закончите следующие определения:

1. A process in which a lithospheric plate descends beneath another plate is called ______.
2. A relatively rigid independent segment of the lithosphere that can move independently is termed ______.
3. A process of rising and transporting of the material from the depth to the surface is referred to as ______.
4. A process of colliding of two lithosphere plates is ______.
5. A process of separating plates from each other is called ______.
6. A branch of geology dealing with the broad architecture of the Earth, its major structural and deformational features is known as ______.

Ex.6.