Greek Bases

What does the Greek root "auto" mean?

• life

• self

• draw

• water

What does the Greek root "photo" mean?

• small

• heat

• same

• light

What does the Greek root "meter" mean?

• far off

• light

• measure

• word

What does the Greek root "bio" mean?

• life

• writing

• heat

• viewing

What does the Greek root "graph" mean?

• same

• draw/write

• time

• art, science, skill

What does biography mean?

• spending a lifetime writing

• a story told with illustrations and photographs

• a written story about a person's life

• something written in two sections

What does the Greek root "chron" mean?

• small

• word

• time

• water

The root of chronological is chron, meaning "time." What does chronological mean?

• interest

• when things happen

• importance

• why things happen

What does the Greek root "hydr" mean?

• water

• life

• word

• small

What does the Greek root "micro" mean?

• view

• far off

• heat

• small