Greek Roots

Choose all words that include the greek root that means "to measure".

• thermometer

• perimeter

• centimeter

• barometer

What does the Greek root "meter" mean?

• far off

• light

• measure

• word

What does the Greek root "photo" mean?

• small

• heat

• same

• light

What does the Greek root "graph" mean?

• same

• draw/write

• time

• art, science, skill

What does the Greek root "chron" mean?

• small

• word

• time

• water

Thermometer comes from the Greek therm meaning "heat" and meter meaning "measure." What does thermometer mean?

• a device used for measuring temperature

• a device used to monitor progress

• a device used to heat up the body

• a device used to measure height

What does biology mean?

• The study of mathematics

• The study of life

• The study of earth

• The study of space

small robots that move around on the surface

• rovers

• radiation

• astrobiologists

• microbes

scientists who study life in the universe

• rover

• astrobiologist

• radiation

• colony

the smallest living things

• sensors

• radiation

• colony

• microbes