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WorksheetsWhere does this come from?
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The word "chronological" comes from
Cronus
Uranus
Zeus
Chaos
The word "martial" comes from
Mars, the Roman god of war
Mars, the chocolate bar
Mars, the Greek god of war
Mars, the Roman goddess of the moon
The word "cereal" comes from
Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest
Ceres, the Greek goddess of the harvest
Ceres, the goddess of victory
Series, one thing that happens after another
The word "phobia" comes from
Phobos, the god of fear
photons
electrons
protons
The word "lethal" comes
the River Lethe, the river of forgetfulness in Hades
the River Styx
the Merrimack River
the River of Life
The word "cloth" comes from
Clotho, one of the Fates
Clotho, one of the Muses
Clotho, a clothing store in the Underworld
The word "hypnotic" comes from
Hypnos, the god of sleep
hippopotamus
Uranus
Odysseus
The word "mercurial" comes from
the Roman god, Mercury, messenger of the gods.
the Roman god, Pluto
the Roman god, Jupiter
Gaea, Mother Earth
What does the word "labyrinth" refer to
the maze where Theseus killed the Minotaur
a science lab
a map of the underworld
Where does the word "atlas" come from?
the Titan who held the world on his shoulder
the Greek god "Map"
the Roman god "World"
None of the above
What do the words "geography" and "geology" have in common?
Their root "geo" is named for Gaea, Mother Earth
They begin with "g"
They end with "y"
Where does the word "arachnid" come from?
Arachne who challenged Athena to a weaving contest
Athena who challenged Poseidon to a weaving contest
Aphrodite and Arachne's weaving contest
The word "panic" comes from
Pan, who sometimes caused fears among mortals
Hades because people were afraid of him.
Cerberus because he was Hades' terrifying watch dog
Where does the word "uranium" come from?
Uranus, the god of the sky
Jupiter
Mars
Luna
What does an odyssey refer to?
Odysseus who took 10 years to get home from Troy
the mini-van Odyssey
the book The Odyssey
A Herculean task would be
extremely difficult
easy
never ending
What does the word "lunar" refer to?
the Roman goddess of the moon, Luna
the Greek goddess, Selene
the Greek goddess, Artemis
the Roman goddess, Diana
