Root Words

What does bio mean?

• the study of the Earth

• the study of living organisms

• the study of grass

• the study of the mind

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of little or small

• micro

• medi

• mono

• morph

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The word transportation has a root word "port", what does it mean?

• to carry

• to search

• rock

• to love

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Three of the following words belong to the same word family. One word does not. Which word does NOT belong to the same word family?

• prescribe

• scribble

• sustain

• subscribe

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CCSS.L.2.2D

CCSS.L.3.2F

Read the following sentences. Which boldfaced word has a prefix meaning "not"?

• Brenda had to restart the movie three times because her DVD player wasn't working properly.

• Carlos hated to get dressed up, but he knew that wearing a tuxedo to his brother's wedding was unavoidable.

• The radio-controlled submersible can go deep under the sea.

• Annie wrote a biography on Benjamin Franklin.

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The root medi means "middle." Use this information to choose the correct meaning of the word mediate.

• the scientific study of mountain peaks

• to teach a class

• to award a prize

• to settle an argument between two sides

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A pedal is "a lever pressed by the foot." Use your knowledge of word roots to correctly guess the definition of pedometer. Hint: The suffix –meter means "measuring device."

• a device used to measure how far a person has walked

• the distance across a circle

• a device that measures how much air is in a tire

• a device used to measure a person's heart rate

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

Select the words that contains the root sci, which means "know."

• scent

• omniscient

• hostile

• conscious

• science

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Choose the "title" that is an autobiography.

• The Diary of Anne Frank

• Sea World Adventures

• All About Pandas

• A Tour Guide of Las Vegas

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CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

The term thermometer most like means

• width

• height

• distance

• temperature

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6