Word Roots/Affixes Quiz

What does the word 'un' mean as a prefix?

• Not or opposite of

• Before or in front of

• One or single

• writings or drawings

What does the prefix 'bio' refer to?

• Outer space

• Life or living organisms

• Cooking and recipes

• Rocks and minerals

What is the meaning of the root word 'graph'?

• to pull or drag

• break, or burst

• not, opposite of

• Writing or drawing

What does the root word 'rupt' signify?

• build or construct

• break or burst

• bend or curve

• shout or yell

What does the prefix 'geo' stand for?

• fire

• earth

• water

• air

What is the meaning of the root word 'tract'?

• to cut or to slice

• to pull or to drag

• to push or to press

• to build or to construct

What does the prefix 'bi' mean?

• yellow

• three

• never

• two or twice

My favorite class is ___________, we study about living things.

• Biome

• Biography

• Biology

• Biopsy

I read the ____________ about Helen Keller.

• geography

• biography

• telegraph

• photograph

Please be in your seats and quiet when the bell rings, so you do not ________ the class.

• disrupt

• rupture

• corrupt

• erupt