Root Words Practice

What does the root word "aqua" mean?

• Life

• Water

• Sound

• Time

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which word contains the root word "bio" meaning life?

• Biography

• Telescope

• Aquatic

• Generation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root word "gen" is in the word "generation." What does "gen" mean?

• Water

• Birth or kind

• View

• Distance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

If "mater" means mother, which word means related to the mother?

• Maternal

• Generation

• Specification

• Telepathy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root word "spec" means to see or look. Which word means a tool for looking at distant objects?

• Spectacle

• Telescope

• Biography

• Chronology

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

"Tele" is a root word meaning distant. Which of these means sound from a distance?

• Television

• Telephone

• Aquaphone

• Genophone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does the root word "chrono" mean?

• Life

• Water

• Time

• Mother

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which word means the study of life?

• Aquaology

• Biology

• Chronology

• Genology

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If "spec" means to see, what does "introspection" mean?

• Looking outward

• Looking at water

• Looking within oneself

• Looking into the future

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root "tele" means distant. What does "television" mean?

• Seeing distant places

• Hearing from a distance

• Speaking to distant places

• Sending messages to distant places

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B