Greek and Latin Roots

What does the Greek root photo mean?

• sound

• the study of

• light

• distant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the Greek root graph mean?

• light

• sound

• distant

• written

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Which word means a person's own written signature?

• autograph

• graphic

• telescope

• microphone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Which word means equipment that allows one to see things at a distance?

• telephone

• zoology

• biology

• telescope

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which word means describing with a written element that describes something in detail?

• autograph

• zoology

• telephone

• graphic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What is the meaning of the Greek root "tele?"

• view

• life

• hear

• far off

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Thermometer comes from the Greek therm meaning "heat" and meter meaning "measure." What does thermometer mean?

• a device used for measuring temperature

• a device used to monitor progress

• a device used to heat up the body

• a device used to measure height

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the Greek root "hydr" mean?

• water

• life

• word

• small

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the Greek root "meter" mean?

• far off

• light

• measure

• word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

The root -scrib/-script means...

• to read

• to answer

• to write

• to look

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B