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Greek and Latin Roots

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If "mono" means one, then a dramatic piece for one performer is what word?

a)

monarchy

b)

monodrama

c)

monochrome

2.

"Vi" means what?

a)

six

b)

die

c)

way

3.

Put 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 in order...

a)

hex, oct, deca, sept, nov

b)

deca, oct, sept, nov, hex

c)

hex, sept, oct, nov, deca

4.

Which root means "place"?

a)

tract

b)

loc

c)

sci

d)

onym

5.

Which roots means "water"?

a)

mar

b)

hydr

c)

sci

d)

aqua

6.

Unique means being the only one of it's kind; unlike anything else. What is the root of "unique" that means "one"?

(a)  

7.

A megaphone has 2 roots in it. What does each root mean? (2 answers)

a)

sound

b)

small

c)

large

d)

call

8.

Put 2, 3, 4, 5 in order.

a)

penta, quad, bi, tri

b)

tri, penta, bi, quad

c)

bi, tri, quad, penta

d)

quad, bi, penta, tri

9.

Which word means "the study of life?"

a)

sociology

b)

biology

c)

psychology

d)

philosophy

10.

Philadelphia (phil) is the city of brotherly...

a)

fighting

b)

hugs

c)

wisdom

d)

love

11.

Which root means "move"?

a)

phys

b)

mob

c)

sci

d)

audio

12.

Which root means "nature"?

a)

phys

b)

mob

c)

sci

d)

audio

13.

Which root means "to hear"?

a)

phys

b)

mob

c)

sci

d)

audio

14.

Based on the root word of "tendons," what should we do with our tendons?

a)

stretch

b)

rip

c)

hit

15.

Poly means "many."

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A "light-record" would be what 2 roots put together?

a)

photo-graph

b)

uni-gram

c)

terra-gram

d)

tele-graph

17.

Which roots mean "both" or "twice"? (2 answers)

a)

ambi

b)

poly

c)

du

d)

tri

18.

Which 2 roots mean "middle"? (2 answers)

a)

centr

b)

cycle

c)

med

d)

circum

19.

If we measured "around" the outside of a cycle (or a circle), we would find what math term?

a)

circumference

b)

diameter

c)

volume

d)

perimeter

20.

A "mermaid" is what kind of maid?

a)

ocean

b)

sea

c)

land

d)

pretty

21.

Which root means "to write"?

a)

script

b)

chron

c)

vid/vis

d)

temp

22.

Which root means "look or see"?

a)

script

b)

chron

c)

vid/vis

d)

temp

23.

Which roots means "time"? (2 answers)

a)

script

b)

chron

c)

vid/vis

d)

temp

24.

Which root means "more"?

(a)  

25.

If someone is celebrating a "centennial" anniversary, how many years are they celebrating?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

50

26.

We live in a "sub-urb", which means we live in a what?

a)

town

b)

city

c)

county

d)

state

27.

Terrain has the root "terr", which means what?

a)

land

b)

water

c)

core

d)

atmosphere

28.

Each "half" of the our brain or the world is called a what?

a)

hemi-sphere

b)

sides

c)

hospi-circle

d)

mem-ory

29.

What does the root "mem" mean?

a)

mindful, recall

b)

name

c)

guest

d)

strike

30.

What does the root "fen" mean?

a)

mindful, recall

b)

name

c)

guest

d)

strike

31.

What does the root "onym" mean?

a)

mindful, recall

b)

name

c)

guest

d)

strike

32.

What does the root "hosp" mean?

a)

mindful, recall

b)

name

c)

guest

d)

strike

33.

If you have a ghost "host", they're most likely a what?

a)

a stranger

b)

a soldier

c)

a writer

d)

lonely

34.

True or false: A "carn"ivore is someone who only eats veggies.

a)

True

b)

False, they eat meat

35.

A "solo" artist is someone who works...

a)

alone

b)

in a team

36.

Arachno"phob"ia means you are _ of spiders.

a)

a fan

b)

afraid

c)

killer

37.

What root means "say or declare"?

a)

fals/fall

b)

anim

c)

cert/cred

d)

dict

38.

What root means "deceive, lie, wrong"?

a)

fals/fall

b)

anim

c)

cert/cred

d)

dict

39.

The 2nd amendment gives us the right to bear "arms." What does "arm" mean?

a)

muscles

b)

weapons

c)

soldiers

40.

Magnets "attract" other magnets since they _ towards each other.

a)

push

b)

pull

41.

Which root means "even, level"?

a)

equ

b)

sci

c)

cid/cis

42.

Which root means "to know"?

a)

equ

b)

sci

c)

cid/cis