Science Root Words

hydr means

• drink

• water

• cool

• ice

lith means

• stone, rock

• driveway

• road

• sphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

therm means

• hot

• fire

• light

• heat

geo means

• planet

• sun

• moon

• earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Match the following prefix/suffix with it's correct meaning

• large

• leuk- or alb-

• white

• melano-

• small

• micro-

• black

• macro-

• enlargement

• megalo-

What is the root word in the word 'biology'?

• bio

• chem

• geo

• phys

Based on your knowledge of root words, what does the word "autotroph" mean?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

calor-

calorimeter

• up, back, again

• heat

• bird

• heart

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

lu, lum means

• switch

• bright

• bulb

• light

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

Match the following 5 root words to each of their meanings.

• Fire

• Geo-

• Change

• Meter

• Thousand

• Ignis-

• Measure

• Milli-

• Earth

• Meta-