Science Prefixes and Suffixes

What is a suffix?

• word part at the end

• word part at the beginning

• word part in the middle

• root word

What is a prefix?

• Word part in the middle

• word part at the end

• root word

• word part at the beginning

What is the meaning of bio-?

• male

• brain

• earth

• life

What is the PREFIX of the word CARDIOLOGY?

• cardio

• logy

What does HYPOTHERMIC mean?

• high temperature

• low temperature

• making something up

A DERMATOLOGIST works with what part of the body?

• skin

• brain

• heart

• nerves

What does the prefix DEN- mean?

• skin

• spiny

• stomach

• tooth

What does a CARNIVORE eat?

• water

• meat

• bone

• lungs

What is a doctor talking about when they say LEUKOCYTES?

• animal cells

• nerve cells

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What does the prefix PNEUMO- mean?

• stomach

• nose

• lungs

• belly