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Fits in the gap in the same line.

Match the words with their definitions.

1. breakthrough 2. software 3. gadget 4. genome 5. research 6. technique 7. solution 8. source 9. vaccine 10. hardware a) a small machine or device which does something useful b) the machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer c) a way of dealing with a problem to solve it d) harmless form of the germs that cause a particular disease given to people to prevent them from getting that disease e) the person, place, or thing which you get something from f) the programs used by a computer g) a particular method of doing an activity h) an important development or achievement i) the particular number and combination of certain chromosomes j) work that involves studying something and trying to discover facts about it

 

Complete using the appropriate form of the words in the box.

physician solar gravity launch manned transmit physicist spacewalk orbit satellite spacecraft

 

a)Without …, you'd float off into the atmosphere -- along with all of the other objects on

Earth.

b)A … is basically any object that revolves around a planet in a circular or elliptical ….

c)The first artificial earth satellite was … from a site in the USSR on October 4, 1957.

d)Becoming a … requires medical school, graduate medical education as well as hospital

training.

e)Astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery went on a …outside the International Space

Station.

f)Radio waves are … through the atmosphere.

g)We're designing a new … … to be launched.

h)… study the natural world, from the tiniest atomic particles to the largest galaxies.

i)Scientiststry to make use of the … energy reaching Earth.

Match the beginnings with the endings to make sentences

1. Botany deals … 2.He doesn't have the funds to carry 3. It took me some time to work ... 4.It’s harder to keep ... 5. A gun went ... 6.At the moment he is researching .. 7.If you want to back up some files, a flash ... 8. The space ship blasted ... 9.If you surf ... 10.We had to adaptthe laboratory... a) ...out what was causing our experiment to fail. b) ...off at 15.30, according to the launching plan. c) ...up with new trends in computer world than before. d) ... into the effects of acid rain. e) ...to our specific research needs. f) ... with the study of plants. g) ...the Internet, you spend time finding things there. h) ...drive may be the right solution. i) ...out his design. j) ...off in the distance.

Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that

fits in the gap in the same line.

It's the perfect (1) … experiment, really — taking a handful of chemicals, mixing them in just the right (2) … and presto — life! Synthetic biology, as the field of man-made biological components is a (3)… new field that raises as much concern as it does (4) … . That process could (5)… valuable new species that can (6) … vast amounts of much-needed food or pharmaceutical products, and biologists are already at work on such projects. There are of course, positive results in view, but (7) … acknowledge that the approach can have some less (8) … , and even dangerous outcomes. The same (9) … could generate unheard of combinations of genes in the form of (10) … (11) … mutants.   SCIENCE COMBINE PROMISE EXCITING GENE PRODUCT SCIENCE USE TECHNICAL POTENTIAL DANGER

 




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