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roots3-4

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which root means water?
a)
aqua
b)
vis
c)
spec
d)
mem
2.
Which root means life?
a)
spec
b)
bio
c)
struct
d)
therm
3.
Which root means mother?
a)
ped
b)
tact
c)
mater
d)
loc
4.
Which root means birth or race?
a)
sign
b)
aud
c)
photo
d)
gen
5.
Which root means see or look?
a)
spec
b)
nat
c)
cogn
d)
therm
6.
Which root means place?
a)
bio
b)
loc
c)
nat
d)
cogn
7.
Which root means mark?
a)
sign
b)
spec
c)
nat
d)
vis
8.
Which root means born?
a)
cycl
b)
graph
c)
nat
d)
mem
9.
Which root means know?
a)
tact
b)
bio
c)
cogn
d)
spec
10.
Which root means foot?
a)
spec
b)
vis
c)
tact
d)
ped
11.
Which root means hear?
a)
therm
b)
graph
c)
aud
d)
photo
12.
Which root means light?
a)
mem
b)
therm
c)
tact
d)
photo
13.
Which root means build?
a)
spec
b)
cogn
c)
photo
d)
struct
14.
Which root means heat?
a)
therm
b)
vis
c)
act
d)
cycl
15.
Phon and/or phono means...
a)
sound
b)
instrument 
c)
recording
d)
picture
16.
Photo means....
a)
picture
b)
light
c)
growing
d)
nature
17.
Phys means...
a)
nature, body, natural science
b)
drawn, written
c)
doctor
d)
religion, semi
18.
Pod and/or ped means...
a)
many
b)
big
c)
grouping
d)
foot
19.
Psych means...
a)
soul
b)
mind
c)
heat
d)
medicine 
20.
Pyro means...
a)
fire
b)
business 
c)
big
d)
polygon
21.
Scope means...
a)
watch, see
b)
written
c)
see
d)
sight
22.
Theo means
a)
study
b)
distance
c)
god, religion
d)
many
23.
Therm means...
a)
help
b)
measure
c)
illness
d)
heat
24.
Tri means...
a)
angles
b)
path
c)
three
d)
life
25.

ORTHO is:

a)

birds

b)

bones

c)

straight

d)

teeth

26.

DOX means:

a)

good

b)

straight

c)

people

d)

opinion

27.

If NOV means NEW, Novia Scotia probably means:

a)

Neutral Scotland

b)

New Scotland

c)

New Social Norms

d)

none of these

28.

DOX means:

a)

good

b)

straight

c)

people

d)

opinion

29.

MEGA means:

a)

giants

b)

lizards

c)

size

d)

large

30.

meter,metr means

a)

measure

b)

rock

c)

around

d)

sound

31.

morph means

a)

measure

b)

form

c)

small

d)

one

32.

meter,metr means

a)

measure

b)

rock

c)

around

d)

sound

33.

morph means

a)

measure

b)

form

c)

small

d)

one

34.

micro means

a)

small

b)

measure

c)

rock

d)

form

35.

mono means

a)

small

b)

to move

c)

around

d)

one

36.

mov,mov,mot means

a)

to move

b)

night

c)

around

d)

sound

37.

noc, nox means

a)

day

b)

night

c)

to cancel

d)

rock

38.

peri means

a)

noise

b)

around

c)

small

d)

two

39.

phon means

a)

form

b)

measure

c)

telephone

d)

sound, voice

40.
graph
a)
before
b)
after
c)
write
d)
not
41.
anti
a)
against
b)
together
c)
over, beyond
d)
before
42.
un
a)
after
b)
around
c)
into
d)
not
43.
psych
a)
shape
b)
mind
c)
many
d)
not
44.
intro
a)
into
b)
out, away
c)
many
d)
good
45.
mal
a)
good
b)
bad
c)
indifferent
d)
under
46.
dis
a)
bad
b)
against
c)
apart, not
d)
around
47.
com
a)
together, with
b)
beyond
c)
out, away
d)
many
48.
circum
a)
together
b)
against
c)
write
d)
around
49.
scribe
a)
equal
b)
not
c)
bad
d)
write
50.
hyper
a)
under
b)
over, beyond
c)
shape
d)
out, away
51.
morph
a)
change
b)
around
c)
shape
d)
under
52.
ex
a)
not
b)
out, away
c)
together
d)
beyond
53.
equi
a)
together, with
b)
equal
c)
not
d)
after
54.
pre
a)
against
b)
out, away
c)
before
d)
after
55.
poly
a)
change
b)
good
c)
many
d)
around
56.
post
a)
under
b)
good
c)
together, with
d)
after
57.
bene
a)
bad
b)
together, with
c)
around
d)
good
58.
bene
a)
bad
b)
together, with
c)
around
d)
good
59.
extra
a)
together
b)
against
c)
out, away
d)
beyond
60.

A prefix meaning "both" and "around"

a)

aqua

b)

bene

c)

ambi

d)

aud