Greek & Latin Root Words (auto, terr, bio, and port)

1. What does the root word bio mean?

• photo

• hear, listen

• life

• fear

2. What does the root word terra mean?

• war, fight

• land, Earth

• word, study

• light

3. What does the root word port mean?

• write

• water

• carry

• break, burst

4. What does the root word auto mean?

• car

• life

• go, move

• self

5. What is an autobiography?

• something you write about somebody else's life

• something you write about your pet's life

• something you write about your life

6. What does automatic mean?

• washing machine

• dish washer

• something done by itself

• something done with others

7. What does the prefix tory mean?

• earth or land

• place

• life

8. What does the prefix dis mean

• apart, away from, reverse

• earth or land

• life

What does import mean?

• to carry luggage

• carry something into a country

• carry something out of a country

What does the word antibiotic mean?

• to be against the living

• a drug used to kill living bacteria; a doctor gives you

• to live dangerously

• to drive automatically