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Root/Prefix

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"bio" means...

a)

Life

b)

Science

c)

Together

d)

To buy

2.

Select the correct definition for the prefix com/con

a)

separate

b)

together, with

c)

to steal

d)

to talk

3.

_________ is the study of living organisms.

a)

biography

b)

geology

c)

chemistry

d)

biology

4.

Mrs. Brame made me read a _______ about Gordon Ramsey. I learned all about his life.

a)

Biodegradable

b)

Recipe

c)

Biography

d)

Biology

5.

Which is the correct definition for conspire?

a)

To plan together publicly to commit a wrongful act.

b)

To plan together publicly to commit an act of kindness

c)

To plan together secretly to commit a wrongful act.

6.

A story about someone's life written by that person is called _______________.

a)

a biography

b)

an autobiography

c)

historical fiction

d)

an antithesis

7.

Did you know there are many different, specialized fields within the field of Biology? Which would you choose to work in?

a)

Marine Biology (study organisms in the ocean)

b)

Ornithology (study birds)

c)

Ecology (study ecosystems)

d)

Epidemiology (study diseases)

8.

The prefix auto- means...

a)

car

b)

self

c)

by yourself

d)

singular

9.

The audience was polite during the performance. The word audience comes from the Greek word aud, which means....

a)

sight

b)

to see

c)

to hear or listen

d)

ear

10.

We know that enni means "year." Based off of this information, what does the word biennial mean?

a)

A period of ten years

b)

A period of 1,000 years

c)

A period of two years

d)

Each year

11.

The colonists made a plan to conspire against the British. In which word does con mean the same as it does in the word conspire?

a)

Convene

b)

Connie

c)

Cone

d)

Icon

12.

Select the correct definition for the word convene.

a)

Bring together in a close union or whole; unite

b)

To plan together secretly to commit a wrongful act

13.

If an animal is amphibious, it can live______.

a)

only on land

b)

only underwater

c)

in neither land nor water

d)

in both land and in water