Root Words

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40 questions

Note from the author:

Identifying common prefixes and suffixes used in science

Choose the response that best matches the meaning of the root word given in each question.
Some meanings will be used more than once.

Root Words

Root Words

A-/An-

Anti-

Archaeo-

Aqua-

Bi-/Di-

Bio-

Chloro-

Chroma-

Com-/Con-

Cyto-

Exo-

Endo-

-genesis

Homo-

Hetero-

Hemo-

Hydro-

Hyper-

Hypo-

Inter-

Intra-

Iso-

-lysis

Macro-

Micro-

Mono-/Uni-

Multi-

Neuro-

Para-

Phago-

-philic

-phobic

Photo-

Poly-

Pro-

Pseudo

-some

-stasis

Sym-

Trans-

A-/An-

Anti-

Archaeo-

Aqua-

Bi-/Di-

Bio-

Chloro-

Chroma-

Com-/Con-

Cyto-

Exo-

Endo-

-genesis

Homo-

Hetero-

Hemo-

Hydro-

Hyper-

Hypo-

Inter-

Intra-

Iso-

-lysis

Macro-

Micro-

Mono-/Uni-

Multi-

Neuro-

Para-

Phago-

-philic

-phobic

Photo-

Poly-

Pro-

Pseudo

-some

-stasis