Section B

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Section A

Writing task

I) Writing definitions

PROBLEM SOLVING

In science writing, the very first task you should do is to write definitions. Sometimes you are required to define a person, in other cases, you are asked to define an instrument, a noun, a technical term etc. To write a definition, you often use a relative clause to clarify the noun/pronoun defined.

Example:

1. A barometer is an instrument which is used to measure atmospheric pressure.

2. Science is the term which is used to denote systemized knowledge in any field.

3. A scientist is a person who studies science.

Combining each of the clauses in section A with a suitable one in section B to make a definition on each branch of science.

1. Archaeology 2. Architecture 3. Biology 4. Chemistry 5. Earth Science 6. Economics 7. Geography 8. History 9. Information Science 10. Linguistics 11. Mathematics 12. Meteorology 13. Physics 14. Political Science 15. Psychology

is a branch of science which/that

a. studies the relationships among quantities, magnitudes, and properties and of logical operations by which unknown quantities, magnitudes, and properties may be

deduced.

b. deals with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces.

c. studies of the composition, structure, properties, and interactions of matter.

d. functions as a means of encompassing the growing number of disciplines involved with the study of living forms.

e. deals with the distribution and arrangement of all elements of the earth's surface.

f. is the scientific study of language.

g. in its broadest sense, is the totality of all past events, although a more realistic

definition would limit it to the known past.

h. deals with the generation, collection, organization, storage, retrieval, and

dissemination of recorded knowledge.

i. is concerned with the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services.

j. is concerned with the planet Earth or one or more of its parts.

k. refers to the study of the structure of all or part of a computer system.

l. is the scientific study of behavior and the mind.

m. is the scientific study of past human culture and behavior, from the origins of humans to the present.

n. is the systematic study of and reflection upon politics.

o. studies the earth's atmosphere and especially the weather.