Suffixes -ive & -logy, roots geo & photo

What does the suffix -ive mean?

• being or doing

• the study of

What does the suffix -logy or -ology mean?

• being or doing

• the study of

Where would you find a suffix?

• Before a base word

• After a base word

• It is the base word

What does a suffix do?

• Changes the meaning of the base word

• Nothing

• It fixes the word

What does the root word GEO mean?

• earth

• light

• picture

What does the root word PHOTO mean?

• earth

• light

• picture

What does the word geology mean?

• The study of Earth

• The study of space

• The study of light

• Being the Earth

What does the word photology mean?

• The study of Earth

• The study of space

• The study of light

• Being the Earth

What does the word creative mean?

• Being a person who creates things

• Studying the Earth

• Studying light

What does the word photograph mean?

• To write light by taking a picture

• To study light

• To study the earth