- •Part I
- •Text. Physics and physical phenomena
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •M. V.Lomonosov
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Measurement of Volume
- •Text. The metric system
- •Dimensions of a Solid Body
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Origin of the Metric System
- •Text. The kinetic theory and the three states of matter
- •3 Not to matter — не иметь значения will make full use — займут
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Mass and weight
- •3. Much, more, the most; little, less, the least; good, bet ter,
- •4, .,. Er than, more ... Than
- •5. At, on, over .., etc.
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text, force, work, energy and power
- •Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •1. Have supported, has altered....
- •2. Energy can be converted...
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Isaac Newton
- •Text. Heat
- •1. Heat is known to be a form of energy.
- •2. You place, you placed, you have placed. They take, they took, they have taken.
- •3. Newton began to think about heat.
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Transmission of heat
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Good and Bad Conductors of Heat
- •Text. Calorimeters
- •1. It is usual to transfer ...
- •2. There is; is there; there is no ...
- •3. The setting up of ...; the reading of ...
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Wave motion and sound
- •1. It does not move forward but returns again...
- •2. It is evident, it is clear.
- •Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Light
- •1. It becomes red-hot, it is the reason, it was cold...
- •2. High temperature produced by..., in a substance called... . Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Reflection and refraction of light
- •1. Do bodies emit? Does he make? Did it represent?
- •2. Have they shown? Had he travelled? Was it reflected? Is he going? Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Lenses
- •1. After leaving the lens...
- •Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Simple cell
- •1. The twitching of; the reading of...
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Voltaic Cells
- •Text. The accumulator
- •1. A plate containing, a plate being immersed...
- •2. Achieved by connecting; determined by testing...
- •Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Text. Principle of electric motor
- •1. They are used to pull...
- •2. When viewed, while doing...
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Electric Bell Circuit
- •Text. Moving-coil ammeter and voltmeter
- •Exercises
- •Laboratory Exercises
- •Additional Material
- •Moving-Coil Galvanometer
- •Text. Electromotive force
1. It is usual to transfer ...
It is difficult to find this book. It is possible to measure the temperature of the water with a thermometer.
2. There is; is there; there is no ...
There is a book on the table. Is there a book on the table? There is no book on the table.
3. The setting up of ...; the reading of ...
The calorimeter is suspended to prevent the setting up of cold air convection currents. They began the building of a new house. The reading of books is a very useful occupation.
4. The usual way of measuring physical quantities is by using a unit. The way of knowing English well is to read much.
Exercises
1. Listen, read and translate the text.
2. Answer the following questions in a written form:
1. What is called a calorimeter? 2. What is used to measure the temperature of water? 3. How are quantities of heat measured? 4. What is a calorie? 5. How is a calorie defined?
3. Make up and write sentences using the following words:
to prevent, to measure, to heat, to support, to reduce, to escape, to attain (e.g. It is usual to transfer the heat to some water; It is usual to...)
4. Make up and write 8 sentences using the words given in the table:
The method The way The interest The impor-tance A metal |
of measuring physical quantities of suspending the calorimeter of using different units of knowing physics of learning English of measuring short distances in reacting |
is to work hard. is to study much. is very good. is very easy. varies. is now difficult. is to read much. is to use a ruler. is clear to everybody. is always oxidized. |
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5. Translate these sentences into Russian paying attention to the use of gerund:
1. Einstein's being awarded the Noble prize in physics soon became widely known. 2. Iron is covered with a thin layer of tin to prevent it from rusting. 3. I visited some museums while being in Moscow. 4. Bad weather prevented them from finishing their work in time. 5. She stopped crying. 6. He will be a teacher after leaving the Institute. 7. The way of receiving vapour is to boil water for a long time.
6. Copy these sentences putting the proper word in the blanks:
1. A ... is used in simple heat experiments. (balance, calorimeter, piston) 2. A ... magnet placed near a body carrying an electric current will be deflected. (suspended, destroyed, divided) 3. A calorimeter may be ... by hooks on thin strings. (reduced, supported, engaged) 4. Water requires ... temperature to boil. (full, desirable, sufficient)
7.Make up and write 8 questions using the words given in the table:
Is Are |
there |
many devices any calorimeter a thermometer many calories any beam balance an empty vessel a unit solid bodies liquid bodies gas |
in the laboratory? on the table? in this food? in the case? to measure volume of water? in your room? |
8. Copy the following sentences putting "getting'', "building", "ringing", "coming" in the blanks:
1. He was interrupted by the ... of the telephone. 2. The ... of the book took him two hours. 3. The early ... of spring made me happy. 4. They have finished the ... of the house.