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Greek Roots 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the Greek roots "graph, gram" mean?

a)

drawn, written

b)

measure of

c)

bad, badly, wrong

d)

circle, wheel

2.

What do the Greek roots "hemi, semi" mean?

a)

half

b)

all

c)

against

d)

one

3.

What do the Greek roots "hydro, hydra" mean?

a)

water

b)

fire

c)

machine

d)

far

4.

What does the Greek root "hyper" mean?

a)

over, too much, a lot

b)

nature, body, natural science

c)

god, religion

d)

star

5.

What does the Greek root "kilo" mean?

a)

one thousand

b)

one hundred

c)

one

d)

one million

6.

What does the Greek root "mania" mean?

a)

madness, insanity

b)

fear

c)

light

d)

universe, world order

7.

What does the Greek root "mech" mean?

a)

machine

b)

small

c)

circle, wheel

d)

half

8.

What does the Greek root "mega" mean?

a)

big

b)

small

c)

one

d)

many

9.

What does the Greek root "meter" mean?

a)

measure of

b)

life

c)

many

d)

all, every

10.

What would a hydrometer do?

(think "hydro" and "meter")

a)

measure water

b)

measure sound

c)

machine to move dirt

d)

set something on fire

11.

In the word "microscope", what does the Greek root "micro" mean?

a)

small

b)

large

c)

fire

d)

water

12.

In the words "mistake" and "misbehave", what does the Greek root "mis" mean?

a)

bad, badly, wrong, wrongly

b)

suffering, sickness, disease

c)

universe, world, order

d)

angle

13.

What do the Greek roots "mon, mono" mean?

a)

one

b)

three

c)

all

d)

none

14.

What does the Greek root "-ologist" mean?

a)

one who studies

b)

a type of government

c)

measure of

d)

nature, body, natural science

15.

What would be the word for someone who studies the stars?

a)

astrologist

b)

geologist

c)

biologist

d)

hydrologist

16.

In the word "biology" what does the Greek root "-ology" mean?

a)

the study of

b)

madness, insanity

c)

fear

d)

mind

17.

What does the Greek root "pan" mean?

a)

all, every

b)

small

c)

bad, badly, wrong

d)

half