WorksheetsRoot Word Review #1 (Horror)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 22mins
Match the following medical conditions with the body part they affect.
Sclerodactyly
Fingers
Pneumonia
Lungs
Nephritis
Kidneys
Osteosarcoma
Bones
Rhinovirus
Nose
What word means a "correct" set of ideas or beliefs?
Epiphany
Orthodoxy
Regulations
Taxonomy
Philosophy
The root word "ult/ultra" has two meanings: (a) , as seen in phrasing like "the penultimate episode of Shoresy", or (b) , as seen in words like ultramarathon or ultrasonic.
What is the root word for "numbness/deadness" -- dead here means unfeeling, not deceased.
(a)
Draw an image that represents the root word "necr/mort/morg"
What words below contain a root for "sit/settle"? There are three.
Static
Sedentary
Esconce
Sediment
Insidious
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds is called a/an...
Reverberation
Abrative
Harmony
Cacophony
Malignant
If you say that astronomy is "the study of the stars", are you precisely correct according to the roots? Why or why not?
An example of an opposite pair of roots are miso (which means (a) ) and amor/phile (which means (b) ).
What word means "foreign to the body or ecosystem"?
Climatology
Extraterrestrial
Invasive
Parapathological
Xenobiotic
What two words have a root for "choose/gather"?
Legislation
Predilection
Assemble
Amplification
Collection
The root word "hiero", as seen in hieroglyphics, hierarchy, and hierocracy, means (a) .
In what type of organism can you often find phytic acid?
The dissolving/breaking down of blood cells is called...
Hemonecrosis
Hemophilia
Hemorrhage
Hemolysis
Hemoglobin
