Greek and Latin Roots

rupt

• break

• join

• fix

• create

aqua

• water

• fire

• earth

• air

scope

• looking at

• ignoring

• analyzing

• disregarding

traction

• the force that makes a moving thing stick against the surface

• the ability to move freely without resistance

• the speed at which an object moves

• the distance covered by a moving object

bio

• life

• death

• energy

• growth

tract

• to push

• to draw, pull

• to throw

• to lift

graph

• to write

• to draw

• to read

• to erase

phon

• light

• sound

• color

• shape

territory

• a specific area of land that belongs to someone or something

• a type of government system

• a form of wildlife conservation

• a method of land surveying

biology

• the study of living things

• the study of rocks and minerals

• the study of celestial bodies

• the study of ancient civilizations