Root Words: Micro and Macro

The root which means large is 

• macro
• micro
• gen
• grad

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

microbiology means...

• the study of large life
• the study of small life
• the study of small books
• the study of small living ologies

What is the correct meaning of the root micro?

• below

• large

• excessive

• small

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the correct meaning of the root macro?

• below

• large

• excessive

• small

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Choose the following word/words that have the root word micro.

• microeconomics

• macroscope

• microscope

• hyperthermia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Choose the following word/words that have the root word macro.

• macroeconomics

• macroscope

• hypodermic

• hyperthermia

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The root micro means very small. What does the word microscope mean?

• a tiny creature

• a small machine

• a tiny scope

• a device used to see small things

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

An instrument that makes small objects look larger.

• Microphone

• Microwave

• Microchip

• Microscope

Device that cooks food with a very short electromagnetic wave.

• Microorganism

• Microchip

• Microscope

• Microwave

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A tiny piece of a computer that holds the memory.

• Microphone

• Microchip

• Microwave

• Microscope

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4