Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots

Which word contains a prefix that means "to see"

• autobiography

• telephone

• spectacles

• existence

Which word contains a root that means "carry"

• portable

• macrobiotic

• antidepressant

• transfer

Which word contains a root that means "sound"

• forerunner

• decompose

• microscope

• phonograph

Which word contains a prefix that means "measure"

• telegraph

• meter

• astrology

• spectator

The root "spec" means "to look." When a performance is called a SPECTACLE it....

• is really boring

• is something interesting to listen to

• has music and acting

• is interesting to look at

PHOTOSYNTHESIS is a scientific process that involves

• movement

• sound

• feet

• light

Which word combines roots that mean "far" and "sound"?

• telescope

• telephone

• astronomy

• microphone

If AUTO means self and GRAPH means to write, who wrote The Autobiography of Ben Franklin?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Someone NOT Ben Franklin

• Ben Franklin

• none of the answers

The root "OLOGY" means "the STUDY of." Which of the following is the study of the stars?

• biology

• geology

• astrology

• psychology

AUTOMATIC

• say

• self

• shape

• look