Greek/Latin Roots

If tele means "far" or "distant", which of these devices will help you see things that are far away?

• microscope

• telescope

• teleporter

• thermometer

Automobile, autograph, and autobiography all use the root auto. What does this root mean?

• self

• someone else

• car

• write

What does the root bio mean?

• life

• earth

• water

• fire

I send a telegram to my grandmother and then she sends me a letter with many paragraphs in it. What does the root gram/graph mean?

• send

• write

• family

• earth

Which one of these answers uses the root hydra/hydro correctly?

• I am so thirsty that I must to hydrate with some water immediately!

• The big blue space on a map is called a hydra.

• I need a hydrascope to see the far away planets.

• The hydrosphere is made up of all living things on earth.

If a chronometer is a device that is made to tell time, which one of these is an example of a chronometer?

• a watch/clock

• a bracelet

• a timeline

• a cell phone

Tra/tran means "across". What does transportation help us do?

• move from place to place

• walk around

• see better

• get nicer cars

Struct means "build". Select ALL of the possible structures:

• The Eiffel Tower

• a LEGO building

• calendar

• your house

Pathetic, pathogen, empathy, and sympathy all use the root path. What does path mean?

• feeling, or disease

• happy

• pathway

• sadness

Mem means "remember". What is a memoir?

• A kind of memory game

• A story about someone's life

• A tool for remembering time

• A type of telephone