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WorksheetsAll Scientific Prefix Quiz
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the prefix in the word AEROSPACE mean?
a)
air
b)
sky
c)
out of, away
d)
hear
2.
What does the prefix mean the the word HEMOGLOBIN?
a)
sun
b)
salt
c)
blood
d)
star
3.
What prefix means absence of, without?
a)
an
b)
ana
c)
anti
d)
co
4.
What does prefix ana mean?
a)
up, back
b)
before
c)
after
d)
air
5.
What prefix mean before?
a)
ante
b)
ana
c)
anti
d)
audio
6.
What does the prefix in the word ANTHROPOLOGIST mean?
a)
man
b)
head
c)
against
d)
heart
7.
What is the meaning for the prefixes anti and counter?
a)
against
b)
before
c)
with
d)
same
8.
What prefix means star?
a)
astro
b)
helio
c)
geo
d)
calori
9.
What is the meaning of the prefix in the word AUDIOMETER?
a)
hear
b)
see
c)
star
d)
air
10.
What is the meaning of the prefixes bi and di?
a)
two
b)
three
c)
cut
d)
parts
11.
What is the meaning of the prefix in the word BIOLOGY?
a)
life
b)
two
c)
earth
d)
animals
12.
What does the meaning of the prefixes calori and therm?
a)
heat
b)
heart
c)
run
d)
measure
13.
What is the meaning of the prefix in the word CARDIOGRAPH?
a)
heart
b)
head
c)
stomach
d)
color
14.
What prefix means head?
a)
cephalo
b)
denti
c)
dyna
d)
bio
15.
What does the prefix mean in the word CHROMOTOGRAPHY?
a)
color
b)
measure
c)
heat
d)
together
16.
What do the the prefixes co, sym, and syn mean?
a)
together
b)
apart
c)
color
d)
feelings
17.
What prefix means circle?
a)
cycl
b)
counter
c)
bio
d)
cardio
18.
What does the prefix in the word DENTIST mean?
a)
tooth
b)
head
c)
heart
d)
right
19.
What prefix means right?
a)
dextr
b)
equi
c)
dyna
d)
halo
20.
What does the prefix mean the word DYNAMICS?
a)
force, power
b)
explode
c)
destroy
d)
right
21.
What does epi mean?
a)
on, upon
b)
shake
c)
short
d)
heat
22.
What do the prefixes iso and equal mean?
a)
equal, same
b)
salt
c)
alone
d)
out of, away from
23.
What does the prefix in the word EXHALE mean?
a)
Out of, away
b)
breath
c)
move
d)
leave
24.
What prefix means stomach?
a)
gastro
b)
cardio
c)
cephalo
d)
gyro
25.
What does the prefix in the word GEOCENTRIC mean?
a)
earth
b)
land
c)
soil
d)
turn
26.
What does prefix gyro mean?
a)
turn
b)
right
c)
spin
d)
salt
27.
What prefix means salt?
a)
halo
b)
helio
c)
geo
d)
gastro
28.
The prefixes helio and sol mean
a)
sun
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
color
29.
What does the prefix in the word HEMOGLOBIN mean?
a)
blood
b)
salt
c)
water
d)
star
30.
What does the prefix hetero mean?
a)
different, abnormal
b)
same
c)
equal, same
d)
above, excessive
31.
What does the prefix in the word HOMOGENEOUS mean?
a)
same
b)
different, abnornal
c)
heart
d)
many
32.
What does the prefix in the word HYDROSPHERE mean?
a)
water
b)
salt
c)
blood
d)
above, excessive
33.
What prefix means above, excessive?
a)
hyper
b)
hydro
c)
mega
d)
inter
34.
What does the prefix hypo mean?
a)
under
b)
above
c)
across
d)
per
35.
What does prefix means below, beneath?
a)
infra
b)
inter
c)
super
d)
hyper
36.
What prefix means between, within?
a)
inter
b)
intra
c)
mega
d)
super
37.
What does the prefix in the word INTRAMURALS mean?
a)
within
b)
above
c)
below
d)
water
38.
The prefix kin means
a)
motion, moving
b)
under
c)
above
d)
family
39.
What prefix means large, great?
a)
macro
b)
intra
c)
super
d)
micro
40.
What does the prefix mega mean?
a)
1,000,000 of, great
b)
large
c)
small
d)
strong
41.
What does the prefix meso mean?
a)
middle, intermediate
b)
small
c)
large, great
d)
form, shape
42.
What does the prefix in the word METAPHASE mean?
a)
between, beyond
b)
middle, intermediate
c)
small
d)
many
43.
What prefix means small, one-millionth?
a)
micro
b)
mega
c)
meta
d)
morpho
44.
What do the prefixes mono and uno mean?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
small
45.
What does the prefix in the word MORPHOLOGY mean?
a)
form, shape
b)
small
c)
large, great
d)
change
46.
What do the prefixes multi and poly mean?
a)
many
b)
one
c)
between
d)
number
47.
What does the prefix mean in the word NEURON mean?
a)
nerve
b)
head
c)
mind
d)
large
48.
What prefix means normal, regular, straight?
a)
ortho
b)
osteo
c)
kin
d)
heart
49.
What does the prefix in the word OSTEOPOROSIS mean?
a)
bone
b)
egg
c)
regular
d)
strong
50.
What does the prefix in the word OVIDUCT mean?
a)
egg
b)
strong
c)
form
d)
old
51.
What prefix means paleo mean?
a)
old, ancient
b)
disease
c)
new
d)
middle
52.
What prefix means beside, almost?
a)
para
b)
petro
c)
meta
d)
peri
53.
What does the prefix in the word PATHOLOGY mean?
a)
disease
b)
old, ancient
c)
egg
d)
bone
54.
What does the prefix per mean?
a)
intensified, increased
b)
beside, almost
c)
around
d)
each
55.
What does the prefix in the word PERISCOPE mean?
a)
around
b)
see
c)
tall
d)
above
56.
What does the prefix petro mean?
a)
rock
b)
oil
c)
earth
d)
light
57.
What does the prefix photo mean?
a)
light
b)
energy
c)
heat
d)
old
58.
What do the prefixes pulmon and pneuma mean?
a)
lung
b)
heart
c)
head
d)
breath
59.
What prefix means after?
a)
post
b)
ante
c)
anti
d)
poly
60.
What does the prefix in the word PROTOTYPE mean?
a)
first
b)
last
c)
above
d)
test
61.
What does the prefix psycho mean?
a)
mind
b)
crazy
c)
head
d)
disease
62.
What does the prefix pyro mean?
a)
fire
b)
earth
c)
water
d)
salt
63.
What prefix means radiant energy, radium?
a)
radio
b)
retro
c)
ultra
d)
super
64.
What does the prefix retro mean?
a)
backward, behind
b)
half
c)
old
d)
fixed
65.
What does the prefix in the word SEMICONDUCTOR mean?
a)
half, imperfectly
b)
across
c)
distant
d)
fast
66.
What does the prefix stat mean?
a)
stand, fixed
b)
layer
c)
distant
d)
horizontal
67.
What prefix means three-dimensional, solid?
a)
stereo
b)
geo
c)
sphere
d)
radio
68.
What prefix means layer?
a)
strati
b)
stat
c)
retro
d)
semi
69.
What does the prefix in the word STRATOSPHERE mean?
a)
horizontal
b)
vertical
c)
stand
d)
motion, moving
70.
Which prefix means under, below?
a)
sub
b)
super
c)
ultra
d)
retro
71.
What does the prefix in the word SUPERSONIC mean?
a)
above, beyond
b)
large, great
c)
together
d)
awesome
72.
What prefix means across, through?
a)
tele
b)
trans
c)
ultra
d)
strato
73.
What prefix means distant, far off?
a)
tele
b)
trans
c)
therm
d)
ultra
74.
What does the prefix in the word TRIAD mean?
a)
three
b)
together
c)
more than
d)
two
75.
What does the prefix ultra mean?
a)
more than, excessive
b)
below, beneath
c)
distant, far off
d)
horizontal
76.
What does the prefix in the word ZOOLOGY mean?
a)
animal
b)
study
c)
park
d)
earth
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