How do I move my IMac Address Book to my IPad?

I have two related questions. 
First, how do I move/sync my IMac Address Book (Mac OSX -- 10.6.8/Snow Leopard) to my IPad? 
Second, once that is accomplished, will the contacts and distribution lists be usable in sending email messages from my IPad?
Thanks.
Dan

I know nothing about the iPad, but the question comes down to:
a) what can the iPad mail application or address book import?
b) which of the answers to (a) can Thunderbird generate?
Thunderbird can generate LDIF and CSV files, and with a suitable add-on, vCard files. How would you physically load these into the iPad, even if they were compatible? Is wifi or bluetooth a viable transfer medium between the two devices?
Can the iPad synchronize with any external contacts system, such as Google Contacts?
This [https://support.apple.com/kb/PH11586 article] suggests that some Apple products can work with CSV, LDIF and vCard data.
I suspect that the most likely approach that will work is to send vCards as email attachments from Thunderbird, and to open and accept the vCards on the iPad.
You will need this add-on:
https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/morecols-en.html
to generate vCards in Thunderbird.

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