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Root words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To rupture is to...

a)

rap on a subway in a music video

b)

explode

c)

burst or break open a body part

d)

Karate chop a sandwich

2.

to erupt means...

a)

to bother or annoy

b)

to suffocate

c)

to tackle

d)

to break out with force

3.
the study of living things
a)
biography
b)
biology
c)
macrobiotic diet
d)
biopsy
4.
a medicine used it save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria
a)
antibiotic
b)
neurobiology
c)
biopsy
d)
biosphere
5.

Chron

a)

time

b)

events

c)

play

d)

study

6.

Continuing or occurring again and again for a long time

a)

Chronic

b)

Chronometer

c)

Chronological

d)

Synchronize

7.

arranged in the order that things happened or came to be

a)

chronic

b)

chronological

c)

synchronize

d)

chronometer

8.
What root means writing?
a)
Port
b)
Graph
c)
Miss/Mit
d)
Ped
9.
What word names the type of book that was written about a person's life but was written by a different person than the subject of the book?
a)
autobiography
b)
biography
c)
photography
d)
cartography
10.

telegraph

a)

to work at home and send work back to the

office by computer

b)

an old-fashioned system of sending written

messages over long distances with wires and

signals

c)

a device used to send sounds (such as

people’s voices) over long distances

d)

a long tube-shaped device used to see things

that are far away

e)

to broadcast something by television

11.
Which root means "far away, distant"?
a)
tele
b)
auto
c)
photo
d)
aud
12.
a person's signature
a)
automobile
b)
autograph
c)
autoselect
d)
automatic
13.

cred means________________

a)

to hear

b)

self

c)

bad

d)

to believe

14.

credible means________________

a)

believable, trustworthy

b)

not believable

c)

given approval

d)

special praise or attention

15.

The class had a(n) __________________________ look on their faces after finding out the Mr. LaFree took their recess away.

a)

credit

b)

accredit

c)

discredit

d)

incredulous

16.
dehydrated
a)
water has been lost
b)
water is added
c)
water has turned to ice
d)
water has evaporated
17.
hydraulic
a)
the name of Beyonce and Jay-Z's twin son.
b)
operated by the pressure of fluid
c)
fear of the hydra monster
d)
lacking or missing water
18.
When the doctor has to give you a shot, it is also called an: _______.
a)
injection
b)
ejection
c)
reject
d)
jettison
19.
The group __________ the torn poster and chose a new poster for their presentation. 
a)
ejected
b)
subjected
c)
interjected 
d)
rejected
20.
hydroplane
a)
a plane that runs on water
b)
to slide on a wet road
c)
the name of an epic water slide
d)
another name for a puddle