Greek and Latin Roots (Grade 6 - Week 3)

Which root connects to "eye/vision"?

• opt

• long

• log

• phys

Which word ending refers to the fear itself?

• Phobia

• Phobe

• Phobic

• Phile

If xeno means "stranger" or "foreigner", what might be the fear of foreigners or strangers?

• Xenophobia

• Xenophobe

• Acrophobia

• Acrophobe

The root scrib/script means:

• write

• writing

• hand

• send

Match the definition to the word: a piece of typed or handwritten writing, such as a book

• Exterminate

• Bibliography

• Manuscript

• Optician

Match the word to the definition: sloppy writing that is hard to read

• Equation

• scribble

• Verdana

• script

The root "theo" means god.

• true

• false

• trick question

This root means fear

• path

• traum

• cosm

• phobia

This root means God/religion

• theo

• xer

• soph

• mech

Match the word to the following definition: a person qualified to prescribe and dispense glasses and contact lenses, and to detect eye diseases

• Doctor

• Pediatrist

• Physician

• Optician