Root Words

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40 questions
Note from the author:
Identifying common prefixes and suffixes used in science
Directions:
Choose the response that best matches the meaning of the root word given in each question.
Some meanings will be used more than once.
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A-/An-

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Anti-

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Archaeo-

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Aqua-

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Bi-/Di-

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Bio-

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Chloro-

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Chroma-

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Com-/Con-

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Cyto-

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Exo-

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Endo-

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-genesis

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Homo-

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Hetero-

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Hemo-

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Hydro-

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Hyper-

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Hypo-

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Inter-

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Intra-

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Iso-

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-lysis

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Macro-

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Micro-

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Mono-/Uni-

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Multi-

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Neuro-

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Para-

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Phago-

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-philic

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-phobic

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Photo-

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Poly-

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Pro-

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Pseudo

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-some

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-stasis

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Sym-

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Trans-