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Greek and Latin Root Study#1 Distance Learning

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Root: audi

a)

fear

b)

hands

c)

hear

d)

to look

2.

Root: manu

a)

hear

b)

hands

c)

light

d)

script

3.

Root: lum, luc

a)

light

b)

death

c)

foot

d)

fear

4.

Root: mort

a)

the study of

b)

foot

c)

pay

d)

death

5.

Root: spec

a)

hear

b)

hands

c)

to fear

d)

to look

6.

Root: ped

a)

foot

b)

walk

c)

fear

d)

toes

7.

Root: phob

a)

the study of

b)

foot

c)

fear

d)

spirit

8.

Root: ology

a)

far off

b)

the study of

c)

measure

d)

to pull or drag

9.

Antarctica is located in the southern hemisphere of the globe.

The word hemisphere includes the Greek roots hemi, meaning "half," and sphero, meaning "sphere or ball."

A hemisphere is.....

a)

a planet half the size of Earth

b)

a continent that covers half of Earth

c)

half an ocean that circles Earth

d)

an area that is half of Earth

10.

The islands are important to many of the birds' life cycles. They are where the birds go to breed.

The origin of the word cycles is the Greek root cycl- meaning "circle." What type of cycle is being in the sentence above?

a)

processes that repeat

b)

islands that form a circle

c)

circles forming a pattern

d)

patterns in which birds fly

11.

With a telescope, you can scan the land around you. Stretching out into the distance, you see nothing but sand, tumbleweeds, and strange looking plants.

-The word telescope comes from the Greek roots tele- and scop-. Scop- means "to see." What is the most likely of tele-?

a)

near

b)

small

c)

far

d)

unusual

12.

It is a dust storm, a cyclone of sand headed your way. High winds whip stinging sand through the air.

-The origin of the word cyclone is the Greek root cycl-, meaning "circle." What does the word cyclone mean?

a)

a circle around a storm

b)

a circular pattern in the sand

c)

a storm that rotates in a circle

d)

a wind that blows in a circle

13.

In the desert, water is precious and every drop recycled.

-The origin of the word recycled is the Greek root cycl-, meaning "circle." Which of the following words most likely comes from the same Greek root?

a)

bicycle

b)

cymbal

c)

reusable

d)

icicle

14.

_____ means life

a)

geo

b)

bio

c)

ology

15.

What is the best meaning of AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

a)

writing about someone's life

b)

writing done by yourself

c)

writing all of one's life

d)

a story of one's life written by themselves