Latin Roots

Name a few common English words with the Latin root 'port' and their meanings.

• portray, to draw a picture

• portal, a type of door

• important, export, portable, transport

• portion, a part or share

How are Latin roots commonly used in scientific terminology?

• To confuse and complicate scientific terminology

• To limit the understanding of scientific concepts

• To provide a standardized and universal language for describing scientific concepts and phenomena

• To create barriers for non-Latin speakers in the scientific community

Explain the influence of Latin roots in scientific terminology.

• Latin roots are used to create new scientific terms and to understand the meaning of existing ones.

• Latin roots are only used in literature, not in scientific terminology

• Scientific terminology is completely unrelated to Latin roots

• Latin roots have no influence on scientific terminology

What does the root "aud" mean?

• water/life

• farming

• high/deep

• hear/listen

What does the word root "ambi" mean?

• both

• love/friendship

• life/spirit

• hands

What does the word root "anim" mean?

• farming

• cartoon

• life/spirit

• love/friendship

What does the word root "agr" mean?

• farming

• anger/disappointment

• life/spirit

• hear/listen

What does the word root "alt" mean?

• wrong/problem

• love/friendship

• high/deep

• different

What does the word root "ami" mean?

• love/friendship

• hope

• both

• life/spirit

Knowing the root, "ambi," the word ambiguous most likely means

• having or showing a strong desire and determination to have a friend

• open to more than one interpretation, having a double meaning

• displaying a deep and unrelenting need to farm and farm a lot

• intended to measure the depth of the ocean at its deepest point