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1.

<question>The study of ecology reveals that nature, or any ecosystem in it, is  like:

a)

<variant>global web

b)

<variant>world Wide Web

c)

<variant>a complex web

d)

<variant>web browser

2.

<question>The increasing numbers of people are ……ecosystems all over the world.

a)

<variant>Balancing

b)

<variant>Changing

c)

<variant>Increasing

d)

<variant>Reducing

3.

<question>Long-acting insect poisons are:

a)

<variant>DDT

b)

<variant>DPP

c)

<variant>herbicides

d)

<variant>fungicides

4.

<question>Which of the following anthropogenic factors affects the earth's atmosphere:

a)

<variant>construction of new facilities

b)

<variant>The burning of coal,oil, and other fuels

c)

<variant>hunting

d)

<variant>political views

5.

<question>Dust particles in the air generated by burning coal have helped reduce the amount of ……. reaching the Earth's surface

a)

<variant>Air

b)

<variant>Wind

c)

<variant>Water in the atmosphere

d)

<variant>Sunlight

6.

< question > towards population growth

a)

< variant > to increase natural resources

b)

<variant> to change the environment

c)

<variant > towards the sustainability of the natural environment

d)

< variant > to increase the planet

7.

<question>What are the following factors that have led to the degradation of Lake Erie:

a)

<variant>salt water

b)

<variant>crop waste

c)

<variant>waste produced by people.

d)

<variant>animal waste

8.

<question>What properties of the ecosystem ensure the transfer of energy from producers to consumers.

a)

<variant>food chains

b)

<variant>predation

c)

<variant>hydrocarbon chain

d)

<variant>parasitism

9.

<question>Emissions of which of the following gases cause damage to the biosphere:

a)

<variant>hydrogen gas

b)

<variant>oxygen

c)

<variant>carbon dioxide

d)

<variant>propane

10.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Appreciate "?

a)

<variant> ускорять

b)

<variant> ценить

c)

<variant> усложнять

d)

<variant> радоваться

11.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Exist "?

a)

<variant>усложнять

b)

<variant>иметь

c)

<variant>существовать

d)

<variant>представлять

12.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Form "?

a)

<variant> Форма

b)

<variant> обьем

c)

<variant>форум

d)

<variant> начинать

13.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Indicate "?

a)

<variant>создавать

b)

<variant>указывать

c)

<variant>находить

d)

<variant>индикатор

14.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Intersect "?

a)

<variant>значение

b)

<variant>интересный

c)

<variant> пересекаться

d)

<variant>между

15.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian word " Означать "?

a)

<variant> meat

b)

<variant> Mean

c)

<variant> melt

d)

meal

16.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian word " показывать"?

a)

<variant> seem

b)

<variant>see

c)

<variant>look

d)

<variant> show

17.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian word " совпадать "?

a)

<variant> connect

b)

<variant> covered

c)

<variant> converge

d)

<variant> corner

18.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian word "Означать "?

a)

<variant> demonstrate

b)

<variant>Signify

c)

<variant> Significant

d)

<variant> demand

19.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian word " Происходить "?

a)

<variant>Reducing

b)

<variant>occasionally

c)

<variant> Occur

d)

<variant>ocean

20.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Understand "?

a)

<variant> объяснить

b)

<variant> понимать

c)

<variant> объявления

d)

<variant>посмотреть

21.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " Consume "?

a)

<variant>употребить

b)

<variant>уничтожать

c)

<variant>покрытый

d)

<variant>океан

22.

<question> Which of the following applies to the abiotic components of the ecosystem?

a)

<variant> soil, temperature, water, gases

b)

<variant> living trees

c)

<variant> tree branches

d)

<variant> tigers, hippos and gorillas

23.

<question> Which of the following applies to the biological community?

a)

<variant> gases in the air, wind, soils

b)

<variant> living trees, tigers, hippos and gorillas

c)

<variant> soil, temperature, water, gases

d)

<variant> energy from the sun

24.

<question> Determine which of the following belong to the producers:

a)

<variant>plants

b)

<variant>sunlight

c)

<variant>heat

d)

<variant>soils

25.

<question> The producers are:

a)

<variant> heterotrophs

b)

<variant> consumers

c)

<variant> it is an organism that destroys the dead remains of living beings, turning them into inorganic and simplest organic compounds

d)

<variant> organisms capable of producing organic substances from inorganic

26.

<question> Find the meaning of the word "producers" from the following

a)

<variant>автотрофы

b)

<variant>гетеротрофы

c)

<variant> продуценты (растительные источники  питания, создающие из неорганических веществ органические)

d)

<variant>консументы (потребители)

27.

<question> Find the meaning of the word " consumers" from the following?

a)

<variant>консументы (потребители)

b)

<variant>гетеротрофы

c)

<variant>автотрофы

d)

<variant>деструкторы, редуценты (микроорганизмы, разлагающие органические остатки)

28.

<question> Find the meaning of the word "decomposers" from the following?

a)

<variant>деструкторы, редуценты (микроорганизмы, разлагающие органические остатки)

b)

<variant>гетеротрофы

c)

<variant>автотрофы

d)

<variant>консументы (потребители)

29.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " plantfeeders"?

a)

<variant> всеядные

b)

<variant>растения

c)

<variant> растительноядные 

d)

<variant> плотоядные

30.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " carnivores"?

a)

<variant>растения

b)

<variant> растительноядные 

c)

<variant> плотоядные

d)

<variant> всеядные

31.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " herbivores"?

a)

<variant> травоядные

b)

<variant> плотоядны

c)

<variant>растения

d)

<variant> всеядные

32.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English word " omnivores"?

a)

<variant> всеядные

b)

<variant> травоядные

c)

<variant> растительноядные 

d)

<variant> плотоядны

33.

<question>Bacteria and fungi include:

a)

<variant>Photophiles.

b)

<variant>producers.

c)

<variant>Decomposers.

d)

<variant>first-order consumers.

34.

<question>Which of the following organisms are consumers:

a)

<variant> flowers

b)

<variant>snails

c)

<variant> plants

d)

<variant> living trees

35.

<question> Which of the following organisms are plantfeeders:

a)

<variant>giant water bee­tles

b)

<variant>fish  

c)

<variant>zooplankton

d)

<variant>herons

36.

<question> Which of the following organisms are carnivores:

a)

<variant>Raccoons

b)

<variant>herons

c)

<variant> zooplankton

d)

<variant> fish

37.

<question> Which of the following organisms are omnivores

a)

<variant> zooplankton

b)

<variant>herons

c)

<variant>giant water bee­tles

d)

<variant> Raccoons

38.

<question>What does the term "symbiosis" mean?

a)

<variant>Talking together

b)

<variant>Living together.

c)

<variant>Preying together.

d)

<variant>Killing each other.

39.

<question>Choose the correct translation of the word "that " in the sentence: The  consumers  that  kill  other  animals  for  food  are  called predators.

a)

<variant>которые

b)

<variant>эти

c)

<variant>некоторые

d)

<variant>те  

40.

<question> Choose the correct translation of the word "that " in the sentence: People often try to wipe out entire populations of predators, with the mistaken idea that they are doing good.

a)

<variant>те  

b)

<variant> что

c)

<variant> которые         

d)

<variant>некоторые

41.

<question> Choose the correct translation of the word "their " in the sentence: Parasites live on or in other living things — their hosts.

a)

<variant> своих

b)

<variant> те

c)

<variant>их

d)

<variant>эти

42.

<question> Choose the correct translation of the word "that " in the sentence: Some biologists believe that most of the individual organisms now living are parasites, since there are so many parasite fungi, bacteria, fiatworms, etc.

a)

<variant>которые

b)

<variant> что

c)

<variant> те

d)

<variant>эти

43.

<question> Choose the correct translation of the word "that " in the sentence: There is hope that this  method will  someday eliminate the need for many of insect poisons used now.

a)

<variant>которые

b)

<variant> что

c)

<variant>кто

d)

<variant>этот

44.

<question>find the organisms that form organic matter from inorganic substances?

a)

<variant>Reducers.

b)

<variant>Heterotrophs.

c)

< variant>Producers.

d)

<variant>consumers.

45.

<question>What is the name of the area where the organism lives?

a)

<variant> planet

b)

<variant>water

c)

<variant>habitat 

d)

<variant> tree

46.

<question> The organism that pursues another organism is......

a)

<variant> the predator

b)

<variant> the prey

c)

<variant> Producers.

d)

<variant> consumers.

47.

 <question> Interactions that involve competition for basic needs such as food, shelter, and partners are called

a)

<variant>external  

b)

<variant> interspecific

c)

<variant> intraspecific

d)

<variant>symbiosis

48.

<question>what is the name of cohabitation of two species, useful for one species, harmless for the other?

a)

<variant>predatism.

b)

< variant>Commensalism.

c)

<variant>Mutualism.

d)

<variant>Symbiosis.

49.

<question>what does the inability of two species to exist without each other mean?

a)

< variant>predatism

b)

<variant>Mutualism.

c)

< variant>Commensalism.

d)

<variant>Symbiosis.

50.

<question>a relationship that occurs when several organisms use a resource at the same time....

a)

<variant>commensalism

b)

<variant>mutualism.  

c)

<variant>predatism

d)

<variant>symbiosis.

51.

<question>The  close  relationship  that exists when two or more species live together is

a)

<variant>predatism

b)

<variant>commensalism

c)

<variant>mutualism.  

d)

<variant>symbiosis.

52.

<question> The organism that pursues another organism is the predator, and the organism that is pursued is .

a)

<variant> Producers.

b)

<variant> the prey

c)

<variant> the predator

d)

<variant> consumers.

53.

<question>The relationship between two or more organisms that live closely together and benefit from each other is

a)

<variant>predatism

b)

<variant> mutualism

c)

<variant> commensalism

d)

<variant>symbiosis.

54.

<question> A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism is.

a)

<variant>predatism

b)

<variant> commensalism

c)

<variant>parasitism

d)

<variant>symbiosis.

55.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English phrases " community interactions"?

a)

<variant> межвидовые взаимоотношения

b)

<variant> взаимоотношение хищник-жертва

c)

<variant> взаимоотношения сообществ

d)

<variant> внутривидовые взаимоотношения

56.

<question> Find Russian equivalents for English phrases " intrascpecific interations "?

a)

<variant> симбиотические отношения

b)

<variant> взаимоотношения сообществ

c)

<variant> внутривидовые взаимоотношения<variant> внутривидовые взаимоотношения

d)

<variant> межвидовые взаимодействия

57.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases " однонаправленный пищевой поток"?

a)

<variant> one-way energy flow

b)

<variant> food web

c)

 <variant>energy flow

d)

<variant> food chain

58.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases " пищевая сеть"?

a)

<variant> energy flow

b)

<variant> food web

c)

<variant> pathway

d)

<variant> food chain

59.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases " поток энергии"?

a)

<variant> food web

b)

<variant> energy flow

c)

<variant> food chain

d)

<variant> pathway

60.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases " пищевая цепь"?

a)

<variant> one-way energy flow

b)

<variant> food web

c)

<variant> food chain

d)

 <variant>energy flow

61.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases " путь, направление"?

a)

 <variant>energy flow

b)

<variant>pathway

c)

<variant> food chain

d)

<variant> one-way energy flow

62.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases " пищевые отношения"?

a)

<variant> food web

b)

<variant> food chain

c)

<variant> one-way energy flow

d)

<variant> feeding relationship

63.

<question> Find English equivalents for Russian phrases "трофический уровень"?

a)

<variant> food web

b)

<variant> trophic level

c)

<variant> one-way energy flow

d)

<variant> food chain

64.

<question>Ecology is a science that studies:

a)

<variant>interaction between organisms and environment

b)

<variant>social problems

c)

<variant>pollution of environment

d)

<variant>life on the earth

65.

<question>The term "Ecology" was introduced by:

a)

<variant>Heckel

b)

<variant>Vernadsky

c)

<variant>Commoner

d)

<variant>Liebig

66.

<question>In what year was the term "ecology" introduced?

a)

<variant>1866

b)

<variant>1838

c)

<variant>1799

d)

<variant>1738

67.

<question>Ecosystem is:

a)

<variant>an ecological unit that includes biotic and abiotic factors

b)

<variant>the sum of all nonliving parts of an area that are interrelated

c)

<variant>all the organisms which interact each other

d)

<variant>all the populations in an area

68.

<question>Environmental is a science that studies:

a)

<variant>The study of the impact of humans on the environment

b)

<variant>release of harmful materials into the environment.

c)

<variant>any material in nature that people use and value

d)

<variant>the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment.

69.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "зависеть"?

a)

<variant>to depend

b)

<variant>to impact

c)

<variant>to integrate

d)

<variant>to develop

70.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "Влиять, оказывать влияние"?

a)

<variant>to impact

b)

<variant>to depend

c)

<variant>to develop

d)

<variant>to integrate

71.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "Интегрировать, объединять, сокращать"?

a)

<variant>to integrate

b)

<variant>to impact

c)

<variant>to develop

d)

<variant>to depend

72.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word " управление природными ресурсами "?

a)

<variant>natural resource management

b)

<variant>urban ecology

c)

<variant>conservation

d)

<variant>natural resource

73.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "природопользование"?

a)

<variant>natural resource management

b)

<variant>urban ecology

c)

<variant>environmental management

d)

<variant>conservation

74.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "природоохранная биология "?

a)

<variant>conservation biology

b)

<variant>environmental management

c)

<variant>natural resource management

d)

<variant>natural resource

75.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word  "отношение, родство"

a)

<variant>Interaction

b)

<variant>Relation

c)

<variant>Conservation

d)

<variant>Distribution

76.

<question>translation of the word " окружающая среда "

a)

<variant>natural science

b)

<variant>urban ecology

c)

<variant>Environment

d)

<variant>Ecology

77.

<question>translation of the word " поддерживать "

a)

<variant>interaction

b)

<variant>sustain (v)

c)

<variant>impact (v)

d)

<variant>distribution

78.

<question>Determine which parts of speech the word "successfully" belongs to :

a)

<variant>adj

b)

<variant>n.

c)

<variant>num.

d)

<variant>V.

79.

<question>Determine which parts of speech the word "Which" belongs to :

a)

<variant>adv.

b)

<variant>adj

c)

<variant>n.

d)

<variant>num.

80.

<question>Determine which parts of speech the word " depend" belongs to :

a)

<variant>adj

b)

<variant>adv.

c)

<variant>V.

d)

<variant>num.

81.

<question>Determine which parts of speech the word " Environment " belongs to :

a)

<variant>adv.

b)

<variant>n.

c)

<variant>V.

d)

<variant>adj

82.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word  "лес"

a)

<variant>forest

b)

<variant>forest<variant>science

c)

<variant>soil

d)

<variant>depend

83.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word  "почва"

a)

<variant>forest

b)

<variant>science

c)

<variant>soil

d)

<variant>marsh

84.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word  "наука"

a)

<variant>marsh

b)

<variant>soil

c)

<variant>forest

d)

<variant>science

85.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word  "болото"

a)

<variant>science

b)

<variant>soil

c)

<variant>forest

d)

<variant>marsh

86.

<question>What environmental problems does this passage refer to "Some experts predict that by 2090 the average temperature can be higher than today"?

a)

<variant>deforestation

b)

<variant>global warming

c)

<variant>ozone holes

d)

<variant>acid rain

87.

<question>Find the translation of the phrase «токсичные отходы»

a)

<variant>toxic waste

b)

<variant>household waste

c)

<variant>industrial waste

d)

<variant>radioactive waste

88.

<question>Find the translation of the phrase «парниковый эффект»

a)

<variant>climate change

b)

<variant>the greenhouse effect

c)

<variant>greenhouse gases

d)

<variant>greenhouse

89.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "качество"?

a)

<variant>quantity

b)

<variant>quality

c)

<variant>quarrel

d)

<variant>quarantine

90.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word «мусорный бак»

a)

<variant>dustbin

b)

<variant>dump

c)

<variant>disaster

d)

<variant>to pollute

91.

<question>What problem destroyed almost all life in many lakes in the Scandinavian countries in the 1970s, causing them to sound the alarm?

a)

<variant>global warming

b)

<variant>acid rain

c)

<variant>ozone holes

d)

<variant>deforestation

92.

<question>Where did the word "smog" first appear?

a)

<variant>Great Britain

b)

<variant>Beijing

c)

<variant>Los Angeles

d)

<variant>Almaty

93.

<question>Which of the following applies to "protectors of the environment" ?

a)

<variant>greenhouse effect

b)

<variant>lead-free petrol

c)

<variant>power station

d)

<variant>Smog

94.

<question>Which of the following applies to "protectors of the environment" ?

a)

<variant>urban development

b)

<variant>ozone layer

c)

<variant>species extinction

d)

<variant>global warming

95.

<question>Find the correct statement

a)

<variant>People who are trying to protect nature are called naturalists

b)

<variant>It's better to bury rubbish than to recycle it

c)

<variant>Recycling centers are places where rubbish is buried

d)

<variant>Acid rain is friendly to nature

96.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "условие"?

a)

<variant>connotation

b)

<variant>conviction

c)

<variant>conclusion

d)

<variant>condition

97.

<question>Find the missing word «The Baltic is a small sea, because it becomes ……….very easily»

a)

<variant>muddy

b)

<variant>dirty

c)

<variant>dusty

d)

<variant>greasy

98.

<question>Find the missing word «150 rivers run …….. the Baltic»

a)

<variant>into

b)

<variant>out of

c)

<variant>through

99.

<question>Find the missing word «Huge coal ……. have been found in western Africa»

a)

<variant>chain

b)

<variant>green belt

c)

<variant>deposit

d)

<variant>web

100.

<question>Find the missing word «A food …….. is the flow of energy from one organism to the next»

a)

<variant>deposit

b)

<variant>web

c)

<variant>chain

d)

<variant>greenhouse

101.

<question>Find the missing word  «The oxygen atom …….. with the oxygen molecule to form ozone»

a)

<variant>Couple

b)

<variant>Web

c)

<variant>Cycles

d)

<variant>Plant

102.

<question>Find the missing word «They haven’t built any new nuclear power ……. since the late 1980s»

a)

<variant>Cycles

b)

<variant>Plant

c)

<variant>Couple

d)

<variant>Web

103.

<question>Find Russian equivalents for English word «finite resources»

a)

<variant>относительно возобновляемые ресурсы

b)

<variant>возобновляемые ресурсы

c)

<variant>неисчерпаемые ресурсы

d)

<variant>исчерпаемые ресурсы

104.

<question>Find the translation of word combinations «исчезающий вид»

a)

<variant>endangered species

b)

<variant>cornucopianism

c)

<variant>population

d)

<variant>community

105.

<question>"Ozone hole" - is a violation of the life support systems on a ….. level.

a)

<variant>global

b)

<variant>local

c)

<variant>regional

d)

<variant>provincial

106.

<question>how is the word " community " translated?

a)

<variant>Адаптация

b)

<variant>Взаимоотношение

c)

<variant>Сообщество

d)

<variant>фундаментальные и прикладные науки

107.

<question>What does "ecology" mean from Greek

a)

<variant>about economics of nature

b)

<variant>about the house, dwelling

c)

<variant>heredity and variability of organisms

d)

<variant>the structure of living organisms

108.

<question>Interaction between organisms is (factor):

a)

<variant>abiotic

b)

<variant>physical   

c)

<variant>chemical                                     

d)

<variant>biotic                                          

109.

<question>Translate the following sentence: Экология — старая и новая наука.

a)

<variant>Ecology is an old and new science.

b)

<variant>Indians of North America-the first ecologists.

c)

<variant>What ecologists study

d)

<variant>the Relationship of living beings and the environment is the main subject of ecology.

110.

<question>Which of the following is abiotic?

a)

<variant>a fish

b)

<variant>a water

c)

<variant>an alligator  

d)

<variant>a grass  

111.

<question>Sun, wind, water is (factor):

a)

<variant>anthropogenic

b)

<variant>abiotic

c)

<variant>biotic                                          

d)

<variant>chemical                                     

112.

<question>Factories, roads, cities is (factor):

a)

<variant>physical   

b)

<variant>biotic                                          

c)

<variant>abiotic

d)

<variant>anthropogenic

113.

<question>What do several different populations living together make?

a)

<variant>a biosphere  

b)

<variant>a community 

c)

<variant>an ecosystem

d)

<variant>an organism  

114.

<question>What word describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an environment?

a)

<variant>biotic

b)

<variant>abiotic  

c)

<variant>the population  

d)

<variant>the biosphere 

115.

<question>Find English equivalents of the corresponding Russian word combinations: более сложный, часть экосистемы

a)

<variant>growing numbers, part of the ecosystem

b)

<variant>more complex, entire  atmosphere

c)

<variant>more complex, part of the ecosystem

d)

<variant>local changes, partial answers

116.

<question>Determine the meaning of this word: reveal

a)

<variant>расти

b)

<variant>раскрывать

c)

<variant>выполнять

d)

<variant>понимать

117.

<question> Find the Russian equivalents for the following words: ecology, term, organism,

a)

<variant>экология, роль, термин

b)

<variant>экология, термин, организм

c)

<variant>биолог, природа, организм

d)

<variant>эколог, климат, организм

118.

<question>All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(n):

a)

<variant>community

b)

<variant>population

c)

<variant>biome

d)

<variant>biodiversity

119.

<question>What is a BIOTIC factor?

a)

<variant>something in an ecosystem that is lifeless

b)

<variant>something in an ecosystem that is not alive

c)

<variant>something in an ecosystem that without a soul

d)

<variant>something in an ecosystem that is living

120.

<question>Tick all CORRECT choices.

a)

<variant>abiotic factors can eat biotic factors.

b)

<variant>abiotic factors are non-living things in an ecosystem.

c)

<variant>biotic factors are non-living things in an ecosystem.

d)

<variant>biotic factors can kill abiotic factors.

121.

<question>Which is a BIOTIC factor?

a)

<variant>soil

b)

<variant>a lake

c)

<variant>a tree

d)

<variant>the air

122.

<question>When is food a limiting factor?

a)

<variant>when a population is small  

b)

<variant>when there’s too much food  

c)

<variant>when a population is large  

d)

<question>When is food a limiting factor?

123.

<question>What level of organization comes after population?

a)

<variant>biosphere 

b)

<variant>organism  

c)

<variant>community 

d)

<variant>ecosystem

124.

<question>What do several different populations living together make?

a)

<variant>a biosphere  

b)

<variant>an organism  

c)

<variant>a community  

d)

<variant>an ecosystem

125.

<question>Rocks, temperature, and water are what part of the environment?

a)

<variant>living

b)

<variant>biotic  

c)

<variant>abiotic  

d)

<variant>population  

126.

<question>The five levels of organization in the environment, from first to fifth level are

a)

<variant>organism, population, biosphere, abiotic elements, ecology.

b)

<variant>organism, population, biotic elements, abiotic elements, community.  

c)

<variant>organism, population, biosphere, ecosystem, community.  

d)

<variant>organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere.  

127.

<question>Which is a biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem?

a)

<variant>concentration of oxygen in the ecosystem

b)

<variant>number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem

c)

<variant>type of soil in the ecosystem

d)

<variant>average temperature of the ecosystem

128.

<question>the number of individuals of a certain species per unit area or volume

a)

<variant>Population density

b)

<variant>Population size

c)

<variant>Population strength

d)

<variant>Indicators of population structure

129.

<question>Find the translation of word combinations «средняя плотность»

a)

<variant>population density

b)

<variant>population size

c)

<variant>average density of

d)

<variant>to fluctuate in time

130.

<question>Find the translation of word combinations «численность популяции»

a)

<variant>population density

b)

<variant>population size

c)

<variant>average density of

d)

<variant>growth pattern

131.

<question>the number of individuals in a population

a)

<variant>Population density

b)

<variant>Population strength

c)

<variant>Population size

d)

<variant>Population structure statistics

132.

<question>Decide  whether  the  following  statements  is false

a)

<variant>Population size is the quality of individual organisms in a population

b)

<variant>Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume

c)

<variant>There are 2 distinct and simple growth patterns, or mathematical models for population growth

d)

<variant>Population size fluctuates in time

133.

<question>Find the translation of word combinations «видовое богатство»

a)

<variant>average density of

b)

<variant>coral reef

c)

<variant>species richness

d)

<variant>to fluctuate in time

134.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word " разнообразие"?

a)

<variant>predator

b)

<variant>abundance

c)

<variant>competition

d)

<variant>diversity

135.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word " конкуренция"?

a)

<variant>predator

b)

<variant>competition

c)

<variant>abundance

d)

<variant>diversity

136.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "хищник"?

a)

<variant>competition

b)

<variant>predator

c)

<variant>diversity

d)

<variant>abundance

137.

<question>Find English equivalents for Russian word "жертва"?

a)

<variant>predator

b)

<variant>competition

c)

<variant>prey

d)

<variant>abundance

138.

<question>Determine the meanings of the «reveals», based on the context «The study of ecology reveals  that nature is like a complex web»

a)

<variant>показывает, открывает

b)

<variant>мусор, отходы

c)

<variant>топливо

d)

<variant>принятые

139.

<question>Find the translation of word combinations «большое влияние »

a)

<variant>deadly effect

b)

<variant>growing numbers

c)

<variant>great effect

d)

<variant>partial answers

140.

<question> Find the Russian equivalent of the given word «contribute»

a)

<variant>устранять 

b)

<variant>предсказывать

c)

<variant>делать вклад

d)

<variant>нарушать

141.

<question> Find the Russian equivalent of the given word «predict»

a)

<variant>устранять 

b)

<variant>вызывать 

c)

<variant>происходить

d)

<variant>предсказывать

142.

<question> Find the Russian equivalent of the given word «reduce amount»

a)

<variant>сокращать количество

b)

<variant>увеличивать количество 

c)

<variant>сохранять количество

d)

<variant>количество

143.

<question> Find the Russian equivalent of the given word «carbon acid»

a)

<variant>соляная кислота

b)

<variant>азотная кислота

c)

<variant>угольная кислота

d)

<variant>ортофосфорная кислота

144.

<question> Find the Russian equivalent of the given word «vehicle exhaust»

a)

<variant>токсичные отходы

b)

<variant>твёрдые отходы

c)

<variant>выхлопные газы

d)

<variant>жидкие отходы

145.

<question> Find the Russian equivalent of the given word «ozone depletion»

a)

<variant>озоновый слой

b)

<variant>разрушение озона

c)

<variant>концентрация озона

d)

<variant>формирование озона

146.

<question> Fill in the gaps in the sentences with appropriate terms «…...  is the effect of heat retention  in the  lower atmosphere as a result of absorption of long-wave radiation by clouds and gases»

a)

<variant>acid rain

b)

<variant>оzone layer

c)

<variant>greenhouse effect

d)

<variant>carbon dioxide

147.

<question> Fill in the gaps in the sentences with appropriate terms «….....  is the  product of the complete  oxidation of carbon and the compound most involved in the transport of carbon through the carbon cycle »

a)

<variant>acid rain

b)

<variant>carbon dioxide

c)

<variant>greenhouse effect

d)

<variant>оzone layer

148.

<question> Fill in the gaps in the sentences with appropriate terms «….....  is the atmospheric layer at 15-30 km altitude in which ozone is concentrated at 1-10 parts per million »

a)

<variant>global warming

b)

<variant>carbon  dioxide

c)

<variant>greenhouse  effect

d)

<variant>оzone  layer

149.

<question> Fill in the gaps in the sentences with appropriate terms «….....  is precipitation that has a pH lower than about 5.0, which is the  value produced when naturally occurring carbon dioxide,  sulphate and nitrogen oxides dissolve into water droplets in clouds»

a)

<variant>global warming

b)

<variant>acid  rain

c)

<variant>carbon  dioxide

d)

<variant>оzone  layer

150.

<question> Fill in the gaps in the sentences with appropriate terms «….....  is the modification of climates that would result from the retention  of an  increased proportion of terrestrial radiation by certain atmospheric gases emitted mainly as by-products of human activities»

a)

<variant>global warming

b)

<variant>greenhouse  effect

c)

<variant>acid  rain

d)

<variant>оzone  layer

151.

<question>Find the excess

a)

<variant>biosphere

b)

<variant>semisphere

c)

<variant>hydrosphere

d)

<variant>lithosphere

152.

<question>Find the excess

a)

<variant>atmosphere

b)

<variant>semisphere

c)

<variant>hydrosphere

d)

<variant>lithosphere

153.

1.     <question>Find the excess

a)

<variant>potassium

b)

<variant>phosphorus

c)

oxygen

d)

<variant>mercury

154.

<question>Match verbs to nouns to make meaningful phrases « alternate between (варьироваться)»

a)

<variant>several compartments

b)

<variant>mineral and organic state

c)

<variant>the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere

d)

<variant>free oxygen

155.

<question>Match verbs to nouns to make meaningful phrases «exchange between (обмениваться между)»

a)

<variant>several compartments

b)

<variant>mineral and organic state

c)

<variant>the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere

d)

<variant>free oxygen

156.

<question>Match verbs to nouns to make meaningful phrases «release (выделять)»

a)

<variant>several compartments

b)

<variant>free oxygen

c)

<variant>the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere

d)

<variant>mineral and organic state

157.

<question>Match verbs to nouns to make meaningful phrases «divide into (делиться на)»

a)

<variant>free oxygen

b)

<variant>several compartments

c)

<variant>mineral and organic state

d)

<variant>the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere

158.

<question>Match verbs to nouns to make meaningful phrases «maintain (поддерживать)»

a)

<variant>the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere

b)

<variant>the balance of elements

c)

<variant>several compartments

d)

<variant>free oxygen

159.

<question>Select the appropriate connecting elements of the sentences «Natural waters are not suitable (   ) the whole range of beneficial uses»

a)

<variant>at

b)

<variant>for

c)

<variant>in

d)

<variant>as

160.

<question>Select the appropriate connecting elements of the sentences «The local authority treatment works will  usually have been designed to remove the natural contaminants and (     ) may be unable to cope with a heavy load of foreign matter»

a)

<variant>at

b)

<variant>for

c)

<variant>therefore

d)

<variant>in

161.

<question>Select the appropriate connecting elements of the sentences «In  some  cases,  water  pollution  means  that  (  )  some  human  activity  the water  is  no  longer suitable  for  some potential use»

a)

<variant>in

b)

<variant>because of

c)

<variant>because

d)

<variant>so

162.

<question>Select the appropriate connecting elements of the sentences «Drinking water (  ) dissolved oxygen is not very palatable»

a)

<variant>because

b)

<variant>without

c)

<variant>with

d)

<variant>within

163.

<question> Fill in the gaps in sentences with appropriate English verbs «The extent of oxygen depletion ……..  on the re-aeration capacity»

a)

<variant>counteract

b)

<variant>produce

c)

<variant>stimulates

d)

<variant>depends

164.

<question> Fill in the gaps in sentences with appropriate English verbs «Abundance of food and, initially, a corresponding plentitude of dissolved oxygen  …...  bacterial growth»

a)

<variant>counteract

b)

<variant>produce

c)

<variant>stimulates

d)

<variant>depends

165.

<question> Fill in the gaps in sentences with appropriate English verbs «Green plants  …….  oxygen during daylight»

a)

<variant>counteract

b)

<variant>stimulates

c)

<variant>produce

d)

<variant>depends

166.

<question> Fill in the gaps in sentences with appropriate English verbs «In anaerobic condition there  ……..  a complete absence of free oxygen»

a)

<variant>produce

b)

<variant>depends

c)

<variant>stimulates

d)

<variant> occurs

167.

<question>What substances are ozone depleting substances?

a)

<variant>Vehicle exhaust

b)

<variant>Oxides of nitrogen and sulfur

c)

<variant>Chlorofluorocarbons (freons)

d)

<variant>Carbon dioxide and methane

168.

<question>Which countries are affected by the Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion?

a)

<variant>Kazakhstan and CIS

b)

<variant>all countries

c)

<variant>countries of Europe and America

d)

<variant>South Asia

169.

<question>Acid rain leads to ...

a)

<variant>forest degradation

b)

<variant>deterioration of human health

c)

<variant>acidification of reservoirs

d)

<variant>destruction of everything in general

170.

<question>Climate warming on Earth is associated with ...

a)

<variant>ozone screen

b)

<variant>La Niña

c)

<variant>Greenhouse effect

d)

<variant>the appearance of smog

171.

<question>Acid rain occur as:

a)

<variant>rain, snow, mist, fog, hail

b)

<variant>acetic acid

c)

<variant>lemon acid

d)

<variant>carbonic acid

172.

<question>The greenhouse gases are the following:

a)

<variant>SO2, NO2, NO, CO

b)

<variant>NH3, O2, noble gases

c)

<variant>CO2, CFCs, CH4, NO, NO2, tropospheric ozone

d)

<variant>stratospheric ozone

173.

<question>The global warming is primarily caused by:

a)

<variant>increase of tropospheric ozone

b)

<variant>increase of greenhouse gases concentration

c)

<variant>decay of the organic compounds

d)

<variant>increase of chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs) concentration

174.

<question>The atmosphere call:

a)

<variant>lower firm cover of Earth

b)

<variant>the gas, air cover surrounding the globe and connected. with it gravity

c)

<variant>water cover of Earth

d)

<variant>the top firm stone cover of Earth limited to an ionosphere

175.

<question>Lithosphere call:

a)

<variant>lower firm cover of Earth

b)

<variant>the gas, air cover surrounding the globe and connected. with it gravity

c)

<variant>the rigid upper layer of the mantle

d)

<variant>the top firm stone cover of Earth limited to an ionosphere

176.

<question>Which gas is NOT a greenhouse gas?

a)

<variant>water vapor

b)

<variant>methane

c)

<variant>nitrous oxide

d)

<variant>oxygen

177.

<question>The combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist is called the:

a)

<variant>atmosphere

b)

<variant>ecology

c)

<variant>biome

d)

<variant>biosphere

178.

<question>What is the original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystems?:

a)

<variant>carbon

b)

<variant>water

c)

<variant>oxygen

d)

<variant>sunlight

179.

<question>Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment except

a)

<variant>soil type

b)

<variant>climate

c)

<variant>plant life

d)

<variant>temperature

180.

<question>Primary productivity is the energy contained in the trophic level of:

a)

<variant>producers 

b)

<variant>herbivores

c)

<variant>omnivores

d)

<variant>carnivores

181.

<question>An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called

a)

<variant>predation

b)

<variant>sybiosis

c)

<variant>mutualism

d)

<variant>anabiosis

182.

<question>Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all

a)

<variant>producers.  

b)

<variant>consumers.

c)

<variant>adaptors

d)

<variant>decomposers

183.

<question>Find the equivalent of the following phrase in English: воздействовать на что-либо

a)

<variant>to address something

b)

<variant>to influence something

c)

<variant>to depend on something

d)

<variant>to realize  somethingъ

184.

<question>Give the Russian equivalent of the following phrase: to come  from

a)

<variant>по большей части

b)

<variant>быть довольным

c)

<variant>удивляться

d)

<variant>исходя из

185.

<question>Find Russian equivalents of the following English phrases: dead specimens

a)

<variant>мёртвые образцы

b)

<variant>мёртвые образцы<variant>огромные экосистем

c)

<variant>много столетий

d)

<variant>экологические знания