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Root Word Review w/ Context

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Astronavigation uses what as a guide?
a)
the moon
b)
the stars
c)
the sun
d)
the water
2.
What does a bioterrorist use as his weapon?
a)
living organisms
b)
hurtful words
c)
microscopic things
d)
something from afar
3.
Geocentric is a measurement from the center of the
a)
universe
b)
moon
c)
stars
d)
earth
4.
A thermostat adjusts this
a)
sound
b)
heat
c)
measurement
d)
light
5.
An autonomous person governs
a)
himself
b)
others
c)
living things
d)
all
6.
A homophone is a word that _____________ as another word.
a)
is the same
b)
looks the same
c)
spelled the same
d)
sounds the same
7.
Hydrophobia is 
a)
fear of water
b)
fear of snakes
c)
fear of animals
d)
fear of France
8.
Phonological awareness is the understanding of t
a)
the way letters FEEL
b)
the way letters LOOK
c)
the SOUNDS letters make
d)
the DISTANCE between letters
9.
A microscope, periscope and telescope are all instruments used to 
a)
HEAR
b)
SEE
c)
SMELL
d)
TASTE
10.
Microcephaly is the condition of an abnormally  
a)
LARGE head
b)
SMALL head
11.
What does MACROevolution look at?
a)
large changes over time
b)
small changes over time
12.
Photograph means to _______ with light.
a)
see
b)
speak
c)
write
d)
heat
13.
Photosynthesis is a process that uses energy or _______ from the sun.
a)
write
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
temperature
14.
We use this device to MEASURE heat. (hint: look for the root word)
a)
thermometer 
b)
thermostat
15.
A telephone is used to hear _______ ________.
a)
life sound
b)
distant sound
c)
same time
d)
small sound
16.
Sympathy and empathy both are related to 
a)
time
b)
living things
c)
all
d)
suffering
17.
Pathology is the study of 
a)
living things
b)
life
c)
diseases 
d)
animals
18.
A person's psyche, or _________, is sometimes hard to understand.
a)
mind
b)
suffering
c)
self
d)
fear
19.
A pandemic...
a)
affects only a small group of people
b)
affects ALL people
c)
affects only small children
20.
A zoologists works with...
a)
people
b)
animals
c)
stars
d)
water
21.
Chronological order is
a)
value based
b)
time based
22.
to throw
a)
ject
b)
struct
c)
cept
d)
astro
23.
to say; to tell
a)
flex
b)
cred
c)
dic/dict
d)
pel
24.
to send
a)
struct
b)
mitt/mis
c)
cept
d)
spect
25.
to bend
a)
mit/miss
b)
cept
c)
struct
d)
flex/flect
26.
to push, drive, move
a)
struct
b)
mitt/mis
c)
pel/puls
d)
tract
27.
to break
a)
cept
b)
rupt
c)
tract
d)
port
28.
to turn
a)
vert/vers
b)
tract
c)
puls
d)
aqua
29.
To force, squeeze, bear down
a)
vert/vers
b)
press
c)
pel/puls
d)
mitt/mis
30.
To take, seize or receive
a)
cept/cep/capt/cap
b)
mitt/mis/miss
c)
tract
d)
ject
31.
to believe
a)
ject
b)
mitt/mis/miss
c)
tract
d)
cred
32.
to drag, pull or draw
a)
tract
b)
ject
c)
cred
d)
flex/flect
33.
To watch, see, look, observe
a)
scrip/scrib
b)
spect/spec/spectra
c)
struct/stru
d)
cred
34.
to build or devise; put together
a)
struct/stru
b)
spect/spec
c)
tract
d)
aqua
35.
to carry
a)
mit/mitt/mis/miss
b)
tract
c)
cred
d)
puls/pel
36.
to write 
a)
press
b)
tract
c)
mit/mitt/mis/miss
d)
script/scrip/scrib