Root Words: aqua/dict

What does the Latin root "aqua" mean?

• food

• water

• blue

• sky

What does the Latin root "dict" mean?

• to speak

• to write

• to tell

• to hear

Someone who travels down into the water to explore would be a(n) _____________.

• prediction

• aquarium

• dictator

• aquanaut

To ____________ is to tell what will happen in the future.

• dictate

• predict

• aquamarine

• dictator

What would people grow in water?

• aquanaut

• aquarium

• aquacrops

• aquaplane

When teachers ____________ spelling words, they tell students words to write.

• dictate

• predict

• pronounce

• aquaplane

Something that displays animals that live in water is called a(n) ______________.

• aquaplane

• aquarium

• aquamarine

• aquanaut

A board pulled by a boat across the water is called a(n) ________________.

• dictator

• aquanaut

• aquarium

• aquaplane

Which of the following is a blue-ish color?

• emerald

• aquamarine

• apricot

• perriwinkle

If I am a dictator, what do I do?

• help people

• show people

• eat people

• tell people