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Week 20 Journal-Root Words

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
bio means:
a)
life
b)
two
c)
death
d)
study
2.
hemi means: 
a)
half
b)
whole
c)
world
d)
truck
3.
min means:
a)
least
b)
most
c)
time
d)
hour
4.
chron means:
a)
time
b)
minute
c)
hour
d)
day
5.
semi means:
a)
half
b)
whole
c)
earth
d)
truck
6.
multi means:
a)
many
b)
one
c)
ten
d)
four
7.
cosm means:
a)
space
b)
earth
c)
sun
d)
ground
8.
meter means:
a)
measure
b)
money
c)
time
d)
around
9.
quad means:
a)
four
b)
ten
c)
two
d)
one
10.
geo means:
a)
earth
b)
sky
c)
sun
d)
around
11.
ann means:
a)
once a year
b)
once a day
c)
once a decade
d)
once a century
12.
uni means:
a)
one
b)
everything
c)
nothing
d)
ten
13.
graph means:
a)
write
b)
speak
c)
sing
d)
hear
14.
bi means:
a)
two
b)
one
c)
ten
d)
five
15.
gram means:
a)
write
b)
sing
c)
call
d)
listen
16.
cent means:
a)
one hundred
b)
one minute
c)
one thousand
d)
one century
17.
What does the root viv mean?
a)
life,live 
b)
to throw or toss
c)
to speak
d)
health
18.
What does re mean in the words revive and revitalize?
a)
again
b)
within
c)
after
d)
outside
19.
water
a)
hydr
b)
bio
20.
This root word means mindful, recall, remember
a)
-mem-
b)
-bio-
c)
-sci-
d)
-ology-
21.
This root word means study or "the study of"
a)
-sci-
b)
-ology-
c)
-mem-
d)
-graph-
22.
writing
a)
anthro
b)
gram/graph
c)
para 
d)
morph
23.
mind, soul
a)
cycl
b)
morph
c)
para
d)
psych
24.
Meaning of prefix
de-
a)
opposite
b)
not
c)
over
d)
before
25.
Meaning of prefix
trans
a)
across
b)
together
c)
half
d)
under
26.

Meaning of suffix

ward

a)

in the direction of

b)

like having characterized

c)

again

d)

not

27.

What does aqua- mean?

a)

water

b)

star

c)

soul or life

d)

good or well

28.
What does the root word mar mean?
a)
Dirt 
b)
Water
c)
Sea
d)
Hot
29.
Fract
a)
cut
b)
broken
c)
join
d)
break
30.
Rupt
a)
cut
b)
broken
c)
join
d)
break
31.
What root means writing?
a)
Port
b)
Graph
c)
Miss/Mit
d)
Ped
32.
What word names the part of a piece of writing that begins with a topic sentence, describes the topic in detail, then ends with a concluding sentence?
a)
biography
b)
homograph
c)
paragraph
d)
phonograph
33.
What word names the type of book that was written about a person's life but was written by a different person than the subject of the book?
a)
autobiography
b)
biography
c)
photography
d)
cartography
34.
What word names the device that scientists who study earthquakes will look at when they want to know how strong an earthquake was?
a)
cartography
b)
seismograph
c)
homograph
d)
autograph
35.
What word names the science of mapmaking?
a)
seismograph
b)
cartography
c)
photography
d)
autobiography