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Root Word Quiz: Sect

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is what a student would do if (s)he were to investigate the inside of a squid for a science class

a)

section

b)

dissect

c)

sectional

d)

insect

2.

What would you call a fly since it has a head, an abdomen, and a thorax?

a)

insect

b)

sector

c)

trisect

d)

sectional

3.

What do you call a section of the business world that produces clothing?

a)

sector

b)

transect

c)

intersection

d)

sectional

4.

Scientist Schmitz is researching cancer treatments with the help of animals. What does he likely perform?

a)

intersections

b)

sectionals

c)

vivisections

d)

bisections

5.

Sometimes in science investigations, you'll be asked to investigate a species by cutting it in three separate pieces. What will you do?

a)

dissect

b)

vivisect

c)

insect

d)

trisect

6.

Alexis cut her Twinkie into two pieces to share with Ashley. What did Alexis do?

a)

dissected

b)

bisected

c)

trisected

d)

vivisected

7.

My family gathered onto the ______to watch a movie.

a)

sectional

b)

projector

c)

midsection

8.
Remember to check over your work so you do not leave an entire ______________ of our math homework blank.
a)
intersection
b)
transect
c)
section
9.
Put the following words in order according to how many cuts would be made from fewest to most.

quadrisect    bisect    trisect
a)
quadrisect, bisect, trisect
b)
trisect, bisect, quadrisect
c)
bisect, trisect, quadrisect
10.
When building a new road, a special blade is used to cut across the cement.  What will this blade do?
a)
vivisection
b)
transect
c)
intersection
11.
a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen
a)
insect
b)
sector
c)
bisect
d)
sectional
12.
to cut across something
a)
transect
b)
bisect
c)
dissect
d)
trisect
13.
a separate part of a society, group, or area
a)
sector
b)
bisect
c)
trisect
d)
section
14.
a separate part of something
a)
section
b)
insect
c)
sectional
d)
sector
15.
surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases
a)
vivisection
b)
transect
c)
dissect
d)
bisect