Greek and Latin Root Words Review 1

To check someone's temperature, you would use a thermometer. What does the root "therm" mean?

• ice

• heat

• sky

• see

Construction is a good career for many people. What does the root "struct" mean?

• to hear

• to see

• to sleep

• to build

When you are a spectator at a soccer game, you watch people run and kick the ball. What does "spect" mean in spectator?

• to pay

• to hear

• to see

• to sleep

What does the root word tele mean?

• talk

• far

• call

• machine

All of these words contain which root word: autograph, autobiography, graphite?

• Graph, which means "write"

• Audi, which means "listen"

• Bio, which means "life"

• Auto, which means "self"

What does the root word bio mean?

• Two, as in bicycle

• Life, as in biography

• Germs, as in antibiotics

• Undead, as in zombio

Based on its root words, what does the word "photometer" mean?

• The time it takes light to travel one meter

• A gadget for measuring photos.

• A device for measuring light.

• A gadget for measuring photos

Which of these is a root word meaning in the word "autobiography?"

• Written

• Life

• Self

• All of the above

The meaning of the root -rupt

• break/ burst

• to build

• to sleep

• movement

The food was attracting ants to our picnic. The root tract means?

• to build

• to pull

• to write

• water