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X109: Root Words circu/peri

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does circumnavigate mean?

a)

To go half-way around something

b)

To go all the way around something

c)

To go on an adventure

d)

To make a circle around something

2.

The distance around a circle is called the

a)

radius

b)

circumnavigate

c)

perimeter

d)

circumference

3.

A roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place is called the

a)

circumference

b)

perimeter

c)

circuit

d)

periphery

4.

The continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric figure is called the

a)

circuit

b)

periphery

c)

circumference

d)

perimeter

5.

The membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane is called the

a)

amphitheater

b)

perimeter

c)

pericardium

d)

circuit

6.

The outer limits or edge of an area or object is the

a)

periphery

b)

perimeter

c)

circumference

d)

circuit

7.

Which word means to look around carefully and to think before doing something?

a)

circulate

b)

circumspect

c)

circumnavigate

d)

circumflex

8.

Which word means to move around an area or a place, often returning to a starting point?

a)

circle

b)

circumflex

c)

circumnavigate

d)

circulate

9.

Which word means to go completely around?

a)

circle

b)

circumnavigate

c)

circumflex

d)

circumrotate

10.

Which word means to prevent something from happening

by careful thinking; to get around something?

a)

circumrotate

b)

circumflex

c)

circumference

d)

circumvent

11.

Which word means bending around?

a)

circle

b)

circumflex

c)

circlet

d)

circumnavigate

12.

Choose the synonym(s) for circulate.

a)

flow

b)

route

c)

path

d)

headband

13.

Which prefix means "around"?

a)
peri-
b)
dia-
c)
contra-
d)
a-
14.

Which prefix means "around"?

a)
de-
b)
circum-
c)
anti-
d)
a-
15.

Choose the synonym(s) for circut.

a)

flow

b)

route

c)

path

d)

headband

16.

What does "peri" mean?

a)

flower

b)

heat

c)

around, surounding

d)

through

17.

What does "circu-" mean?

a)

thermal

b)

flow

c)

around, surounding

d)

between