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Mal/Bio Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

Sometimes people become this because they cannot afford to buy healthy foods, clean water, or vitamins.

a)

malodorous

b)

malnourished

c)

malady

d)

malaria

2.

Which type of science studies living things?

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

c)

biology

d)

antibiotic

3.

This disease, spread by infected mosquitoes, is rarely found in the United States.

a)

malefactor

b)

malnourished

c)

malice

d)

malaria

4.

You can usually describe a trash can or trash dumpster with this word.

a)

malnourished

b)

malaria

c)

malodorous

d)

malice

5.

When studying how living things share the same living space and get along, what relationship are you looking at?

a)

symbiosis

b)

biography

c)

biology

d)

neurobiology

6.

This word is usually related to bad behavior or wishing something bad would happen to someone.

a)

malady

b)

malaria

c)

dismal

d)

malice

7.

What kind of book are you reading if it's about a Roman emperor and was written by a historical researcher named Kieth Noslo?

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

biology

d)

biopsy

8.

If you are feeling down, sad, or just unhappy over a scene in a story or a situation that happened to you in real life, then you might feel that things are a bit like this.

a)

dismal

b)

malignant

c)

malevolent

d)

malnourished

9.

What do the roots mal and male mean?

a)

good

b)

to break

c)

bad

d)

hand

10.

If Michael Jordan decides to write a book about his life growing up and becoming a basketball player, what kind of book would it be?

a)

biography

b)

biology

c)

symbiosis

d)

autobiography

11.

When you have an infection, what might a doctor prescribe?

a)

antibiotics

b)

biology

c)

biographies

d)

a biopsy

12.

What does the root bio mean?

a)

life

b)

to throw or toss

c)

to speak

d)

health

13.

Which Latin root means "bad"?

a)

bio

b)

mal

c)

man

d)

ped

14.

Which Greek root means "life"?

a)

bio

b)

mal

c)

man

d)

ped

15.

One of the most popular science classes in high school and college is ______________ because you get to learn about living things.

a)

macrobiotic diet

b)

biology

c)

symbiosis

d)

biosphere