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Greek & Latin Roots

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the root word that means sound?
a)
tele
b)
phil
c)
phon
d)
sens
2.
What does bio mean?
a)
earth
b)
muscles
c)
life
d)
death
3.
If I am writing a story about my life, what am I writing?
a)
autobiography
b)
biography
c)
geography
d)
automobile
4.
In the word, philanthropy, what does the root word phil mean?
a)
giant bug
b)
love
c)
sweet
d)
people
5.
We are going to make a chronological time line of the Revolutionary War.  What does chron mean?
a)
speed
b)
crinkled
c)
time
d)
chloride
6.
True or False
good = auto
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The study of living things is?
a)
Biography
b)
Biology
8.

For my genre challenge, I read a _____________________________________ about Sam Davis, and I learned some really interesting information about him.

a)

autograph

b)

phonograph

c)

seismograph

d)

biography

9.

If I had to write an __________________________________________ about my own life, I would include the times in my life that really challenged me and were difficult. Those times taught me so much!

a)

bibliography

b)

homograph

c)

autobiography

d)

photography

10.

I wasn't sure how to pronounce the word bass because it's a _________________________________. I figured out to pronounce it with a short a sound because the context clues were about a fish, not a deep singing voice.

a)

autograph

b)

homograph

c)

paragraph

d)

phonograph

11.

I stood in line for 2 hours at a reading conference to get Kate DiCamillo's ________________________________________________ in my copy of Because of Winn Dixie! Did you know I can't even read her writing?!

a)

homograph

b)

bibliography

c)

biography

d)

autograph

12.

Reese entered the _______________________________ competition at this year's Beta Convention. She entered a beautiful picture she took of a tree with red, orange, and brown leaves.

a)

cartography

b)

photography

c)

bibliography

d)

autobiography

13.

We were shocked to learn a small earthquake had happened in our region. We didn't feel any shaking, but the _____________________________________ indicated it was a 3.1 on the Richter Scale.

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

homograph

d)

seismograph

14.

I had never heard music from a ______________________________ before we went to the museum last summer.

a)

autograph

b)

biography

c)

seismograph

d)

phonograph

15.

What vocabulary matches this picture best?

a)

autograph

b)

biography

c)

photography

d)

phonograph

16.
The greek root astro means what?
a)
star
b)
love
c)
life
d)
spirt
17.
The latin root bene means
a)
war
b)
good
c)
against
d)
pressure
18.

Tox-

a)

disease or condition

b)

without

c)

pore, porosity

d)

poison

19.

Gam

a)

Legs

b)

Custom/Habit

c)

Marriage

d)

Split

20.

Dem

a)

Army

b)

Hero

c)

People

d)

Break

21.

Aqua is Latin for: Water, and Hydr is Greek for

a)

water

b)

hydroulic

c)

hyroglyphics

d)

aqueduct

22.

Arch means

a)

our president

b)

carne

c)

a gymnast that won the Olympics

d)

Latin to Rule or Ruler

23.

The astronaut traveled into space among the stars. The root astr- is related to...

a)

astros

b)

stars

c)

planets

d)

traveling

24.

A polygon is a math term that means a shape has __________ sides.

a)

many, multiple

b)

four

c)

curved, bent

d)

equal

25.

When we moved to a new city, I had to transfer to a different school.

What does the root trans mean?

a)

across

b)

around

c)

switch

d)

leave

26.
What does the root "anthro/p" mean?
a)
human, people
b)
animals
c)
insects
d)
life
27.
to carry something or someone from one place to another
a)
transport
b)
transportation
c)
inspect
d)
import
28.
act or process of moving something or someone from one place to another
a)
transportation
b)
transport
c)
export
d)
deport
29.
poly
a)
three
b)
half
c)
one
d)
many
30.
A name that someone uses instead of his or her real name
a)
Pseudonym
b)
Nominee
c)
Acronym
d)
Nominal
31.
Something that is not real
a)
Pseduo
b)
Nominate
c)
Synonym
d)
Anonymous
32.
Nym and Nom mean....
a)
name
b)
fake
33.
thermo
a)
heat
b)
many
c)
name
d)
people
34.
dem(o)
a)
many
b)
name
c)
heat
d)
people
35.
This root word means to carry.
a)
vis
b)
mis
c)
gen
d)
port
36.
My daughter, Elizabeth, is so sensitive.  What does the greek root sens mean?
a)
far away
b)
feel
c)
love
d)
life
37.
Mrs. Nigro's class, "I demand your attention!"  What does the root mand mean?
a)
mean
b)
order
c)
system
d)
class
38.
What is the root word that means "give birth"?
a)
auto
b)
bio
c)
geo
d)
gen
39.
What does vac mean?
a)
full
b)
empty
c)
complete
d)
loud
40.

What is the definition of the root photo (photosynthesis, photograph, photocopy)?

a)

teeth

b)

two

c)

light

d)

many

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