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Science Prefixes and Suffixes

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the prefix "auto" mean?

a)

self

b)

car

c)

life

d)

person

2.

What does the prefix "bio" mean?

a)

life

b)

plant

c)

air

d)

science

3.

What does the suffix "graph" mean?

a)

work

b)

pen

c)

math

d)

write

4.

What does mono- mean?

a)

one

b)

many

c)

below

d)

three

5.

What does post- mean?

a)

round, around

b)

after

c)

over, above, beyond

d)

a person who

6.

What does pre- meaning?

a)

one

b)

able to be

c)

before, in advance

d)

against, opposite

7.

What does poly- mean?

a)

bad, badly

b)

between, among

c)

state or quality of

d)

many

8.

What does uni- mean?

a)

together

b)

over, beyond, high

c)

one

d)

across, through

9.

What does bi- mean?

a)

under, below

b)

two

c)

without

d)

after

10.

What do co- and com- mean?

a)

against, opposite

b)

not, none

c)

together, with

d)

under, below

11.

What do tri- and quad- mean?

a)

one and two

b)

four and three

c)

one and many

d)

three and four

12.

What is the meaning of the PREFIX re- ?

a)

wrong

b)

apart

c)

no

d)

again

13.

THERM

a)

heat

b)

ice

c)

self

d)

believe

14.

-LOGY, -OLOGY

a)

learn

b)

write

c)

the study of

d)

able to be

15.
Eco
a)
earthquake
b)
environment
c)
earth
d)
water
16.

A/an & in/im/non

a)

water

b)

not or no

c)

fire

d)

study of

17.
Hydro
a)
fire
b)
study of
c)
water
d)
stone
18.
Photo
a)
earthquake
b)
study of 
c)
fire
d)
light
19.
-ist
a)
one who does
b)
layer
c)
fire
d)
one
20.
sub
a)
under or beneath
b)
across
c)
place
d)
land
21.
Geo
a)
star
b)
writing or written
c)
earth
d)
sun
22.

Hetero means

a)

different

b)

same

c)

mix

d)

higher

23.

Which prefix means like/same

a)

hetero-

b)

holo-

c)

hepato-

d)

homo-

24.
What does the root "aqua" mean?
a)
fire
b)
air
c)
water
d)
land
25.
-zoo, -zoa
a)
animal
b)
heat
c)
disease
d)
the act of
26.
-vore
a)
eat, consume
b)
devour
c)
form
d)
animal
27.
-troph
a)
eat, consume
b)
animal
c)
plant
d)
disease
28.

Choose the response that best answers the question: What does the root word "micro" mean? Example: microscope, microphone.

a)

Small

b)

Medium

c)

Air

d)

large