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Science Roots

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Spider

(a)  

2.

Related to the stars and other bodies in space

(a)  

3.

Life

(a)  

4.

Plants

(a)  

5.

Related to chemicals

(a)  

6.

Living things and their environment

(a)  

7.

Ground, earth, rocks

(a)  

8.

Reptiles

(a)  

9.

Atmosphere

(a)  

10.

Birds

(a)  

11.

Ancient

(a)  

12.

Natural world (related to matter and energy)

(a)  

13.

Natural world (related to matter and energy)

(a)  

14.

Mind

(a)  

15.

Earthquake

(a)  

16.

Fire

(a)  

17.

Animal

(a)  

18.

A person who practices

(a)  

19.

To study

(a)  

20.

hydr (hydrate, hydroelectric)

a)

water

b)

heat

c)

earth

d)

ice

21.

graph (geography, graphite)

a)

map

b)

earth

c)

land

d)

write/draw

22.

mar (marine, marsh)

a)

break

b)

land

c)

sea

d)

ice

23.

therm (thermometer, thermal)

a)

earth

b)

rock

c)

heat

d)

snow

24.

super (superwoman, supernova, superior)

a)

hero

b)

above

c)

below

d)

dinner

25.

terr (territory, extraterrestrial)

a)

earth

b)

mountain

c)

ocean

d)

glacier

26.

sub (subway, submarine, subduction)

a)

above

b)

intelligent

c)

rock

d)

below

27.

ign (ignite, igneous)

a)

rock

b)

fire

c)

earth

d)

wind

28.

lith (lithosphere, lithograph)

a)

book

b)

mountain

c)

stone/rock

d)

sea

29.

meta (metamorphosis, metamorphic)

a)

change

b)

large

c)

above

d)

below

30.

meter (diameter, thermometer)

a)

mass

b)

volume

c)

length

d)

measure

31.

lu, lum (luminous, luster)

a)

light

b)

heavy

c)

dark

d)

ocean

32.

morph (amorphous, metamorphosis)

a)

rock

b)

change

c)

shape

d)

heat

33.

What does micro mean?

a)

small

b)

life

c)

large

d)

mind

34.

What does macro mean?

a)

small

b)

life

c)

large

d)

mind

35.

What does -ology mean?

a)

life

b)

mind

c)

the study of

d)

small

36.

Check all the roots that have to do with science

a)

bi

b)

macro

c)

il

d)

micro

e)

ology

37.

What does the Greek root "auto" mean?

a)

life

b)

self

c)

draw

d)

water

38.

What does the Greek root "photo" mean?

a)

small

b)

heat

c)

same

d)

light

39.

What does the Greek root "graph" mean?

a)

same

b)

draw/write

c)

time

d)

art, science, skill

40.

What does the Greek root "chron" mean?

a)

small

b)

word

c)

time

d)

water

41.

What is the meaning of the Greek root "tele?"

a)

view

b)

life

c)

hear

d)

far off