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Task 4. Define whether the following statements are true or
false. Correct the false ones according to the text.

1. The core is the deepest layer of the Earth.
2. The Earth`s surface is composed of rigid plates that move

parallel to each other.
3. When two plates slide past each other, there are oceans.
4. The relief is also called land form.
5. The surface has three distinctive features: continents, the ocean

basins and mountains.
6. Water is the main internal agent acting on the land.
7. Wind erodes rock and transports small particles, such as sand

and dust, to other places.

Landforms

Task 1. Read and memorize the following words and word-

combinations:
hills – пагорби;

loess – ліси;
glaciers – льодовики;
a natural trough – природна западина;

a valley – долина, низина;
аt the bottom – на дні;
fertile soil – родючий грунт;

to depend upon – залежати від;
V-shaped valleys – в-подібні долини;
U-shaped valleys – у-подібні долини;

сanyons – канйони;
to remove – переміщати, виносити;
for livestock grazing – для пасовищ худоби;
mountain ranges – гірські хребти;

forces of heat and pressure – сили тепла та тиску;
plate tectonics – тектоніка плит;
hills – пагорби;

to cause earthquakes – спричиняти землетруси;
sedimentary deposit – осадова порода;
fertile topsoil – родючий верхній шар ґрунту;
polar regions – полярні райони;

bluff – стрімкий, крутий (берег).

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