Roots and affixes

What do the roots -jur- and -jus- mean, they are associated with jury and justice?

• police

• law

• wall

• people

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.7.4B

Which Greek Root means looking at?

• bio

• tele

• scope

• meter

• graph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

What is the meaning of the Greek root 'chrono'?

• time

• space

• speed

• distance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does bio mean?

• lunch

• life

• study of

• cycle

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.5.4B

come together

• per

• uni

• com, con, col

• epi

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

The root word mit appears in emit. When trucks emit fumes, they give off unhealthy smoke and gases. Does mit means to send?

• No

• Yes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

kinesis

• mom

• moon

• more

• movement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.5.4B

osis

• condition

• large

• egg

• heat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The word chronology contains the Greek root Chron. If ology means the study of something, then chronology must mean:

• the study of time

• the study of building

• the study of far away places

• the study of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

When the snow froze over into ice, it caused quite the catastrophe for the parking lot. The ice was so heavy, it caused the branches to break from the trees and onto the parked cars. In addition to the broken windshields, the floor to the lot was covered in debris and other particles. This was abnormal weather for this time of the year.

Using your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, what is the meaning of the word abnormal in the passage above?

• Not normal

• Normally

• Difficult

• Cold

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.5.4B