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Greek Roots

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of "Bio"?
a)
Water
b)
Measure
c)
Self
d)
Life
2.
What Greek Root means "Water"?
a)
Astr
b)
Gram
c)
Hydr
d)
Watr
3.
"Photo" means...
a)
Used for looking
b)
One
c)
Light
d)
Picture
4.
What Greek Root means "written or drawn"?
a)
Scope
b)
Graph
c)
Gram
d)
Meter
5.
What is the meaning of "Scope"?
a)
Used for looking
b)
Light
c)
Small
d)
Written or drawn
6.
"Therm" means...
a)
Sun
b)
Heat
c)
Cooling
d)
Small
7.
What Greek Root has the definition "small"?
a)
Mono
b)
Meter
c)
Auto
d)
Micro
8.
The definition "one" belongs to which Greek Root?
a)
Mono
b)
Micro
c)
Auto
d)
Scope
9.
"Gram" means...
a)
Used for looking
b)
Written or drawn
c)
Thing written
d)
Measure
10.
"Measure" is the meaning of which Greek Root?
a)
Graph
b)
Auto
c)
Micro
d)
Meter
11.

Meaning: Sound

a)

graph, gram

b)

tele

c)

phon

d)

macro

12.

tele

a)

look at, examine

b)

large, long

c)

rule, government

d)

far, distant

13.

phobia

a)

sound

b)

dread of, morbid fear of

c)

hate

d)

caco

14.

macro

a)

look at, examine

b)

large, long

c)

far, distant

d)

write down, describe

15.
poly means...
a)
one
b)
many 
c)
none
16.
"ology" means
a)
the practice of 
b)
the socializing of
c)
the study of 
17.
"phys" means
a)
nature/body
b)
active
c)
sickly
18.

The root geo- means

a)

stone

b)

rock

c)

Earth

d)

three

19.

What does the Greek root "chron" mean?

a)

small

b)

word

c)

time

d)

water

20.

What does the Greek root "nym" mean?

a)

light

b)

word

c)

small

d)

water

21.

What does the Greek root "auto" mean?

a)

water

b)

star

c)

against

d)

self

22.

What does the Greek root "dyna" mean?

a)

teach

b)

power

c)

earth

d)

write

23.

What does the root "mech" mean? (mechanic, mechanism)

a)

machine

b)

earth

c)

angle

d)

drawn, written

24.

What does the root "hemi, semi" mean? (hemisphere, semisweet)

a)

half

b)

water

c)

measure of

d)

distance

25.

spec/ spect

a)

to announce

b)

star

c)

light

d)

to look at

26.

Thermometer comes from the Greek therm meaning "heat" and meter meaning "measure." What does thermometer mean?

a)

a device used for measuring temperature

b)

a device used to monitor progress

c)

a device used to heat up the body

d)

a device used to measure height

27.
In order to conduct PHOTOsynthesis, a plant must have
a)
food
b)
water 
c)
light
d)
heat
28.
What is the best meaning of AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
a)
writing about someone's life
b)
a story of one's life written by themself
c)
writing done by yourself
d)
writing all of one's life
29.
What is the study of myths, such as the Greek gods, called?
a)
Greekology
b)
mythography
c)
mythology
d)
mythometer
30.
The combination of water and oxygen creates
a)
telegen
b)
photogen
c)
hydrogen
d)
thermogen
31.
The meaning of TELEMETRY is
a)
"transmitting measurements from a distance"
b)
"studying distances"
c)
"an instrument for getting measurements"
d)
"the writing of something from a distance"
32.
The goal of the game MONOPOLY is to 
a)
get the furthest DISTANCE around the board
b)
MEASURE your success
c)
be the ONE to take control of all the properties
d)
have the most successful LIFE
33.
Biology is the study of
a)
heat
b)
light
c)
life
d)
water
34.
A telescope is
a)
an instrument used to see things from a distance
b)
an instrument used to detect heat
c)
an instrument used to measure distance
d)
an instrument used to detect light
35.

Based on the Greek roots, what does photography mean literally?

a)

To draw a picture

b)

Capturing a moment

c)

Making memories

d)

Using light to write/draw pictures

36.

What is chronology?

a)

The study of life

b)

The study of color

c)

The study of time

37.

You have arachnophobia. What does that mean?

a)

You love cows

b)

You are afraid of zombies

c)

You are afraid of spiders

d)

You like small spaces

38.

arranged in order by time.

a)

taxidermy

b)

endemic

c)

cosmopolitan

d)

chronological

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