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Greek & Latin Roots Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the Latin root "aud" mean?

a)

to believe

b)

to hear

c)

to run

d)

to say

2.

Which of the following words is derived from the Latin root "cred"?

a)

audition

b)

discredit

c)

dictionary

d)

direction

3.

The Latin root "dict" is related to which of the following actions?

a)

to bend

b)

to push

c)

to say

d)

to carry

4.

What is the meaning of the Latin root "ject"?

a)

to send

b)

to make

c)

to move

d)

to seek

5.

Which word is associated with the Latin root "port"?

a)

portable

b)

reflect

c)

question

d)

erupt

6.

The root "vac" means:

a)

to look

b)

to build

c)

to hold

d)

empty

7.

Which of the following words comes from the Latin root "vid, vis"?

a)

visit

b)

video

c)

divide

d)

victory

8.

What does the root "gress" signify?

a)

to step, go, walk

b)

to take

c)

to lead

d)

to bear, yield

9.

The Latin root "liber" is related to the concept of:

a)

law

b)

free

c)

letters

d)

name

10.

What is the meaning of the Latin root "nomen, nym"?

a)

to seek

b)

to write

c)

name

d)

to look

11.

What does the root "nov" mean?

a)

place, set

b)

new

c)

sign, mark

d)

to breathe

12.

Which root is related to the concept of "earth" or "land"?

a)

spir

b)

terr

c)

trib

d)

viv

13.

The root "bio" is associated with which of the following?

a)

star

b)

self

c)

life, living

d)

heart

14.

What does the root "therm" or "thermo" refer to?

a)

man

b)

heat, hot

c)

circle

d)

sound

15.

Which root means "half"?

a)

gram, graph

b)

hemi, semi

c)

hydr

d)

mega

16.

What is the meaning of the root "micro"?

a)

large, million

b)

measure

c)

small, minute

d)

one

17.

The root "phon, phono" is related to what?

a)

light

b)

many

c)

watch, see

d)

sound

18.

What does the root "andr, anthr" mean?

a)

heat, hot

b)

man

c)

circle

d)

light

19.

What does the root "arch" mean?

a)

book

b)

chief

c)

color

d)

house

20.

What is the meaning of the root "bibl, biblio"?

a)

ancient

b)

movement

c)

book

d)

mind

21.

The root "dem, demo" refers to what?

a)

people

b)

light

c)

love

d)

nature

22.

Which root is related to the concept of movement?

a)

cogn, gnosi

b)

kine, cine

c)

mech

d)

techn

23.

What does the root "psych" pertain to?

a)

fear

b)

city

c)

mind

d)

god

24.

The root "the, theo" is associated with which of the following?

a)

light

b)

wisdom

c)

god

d)

nature

25.

What does the root "geo" refer to?

a)

water

b)

earth

c)

air

d)

fire

26.

The root "chron" is associated with which of the following?

a)

color

b)

shape

c)

time

d)

space

27.

What does the root "ped" refer to?

a)

water

b)

child

c)

teeth

d)

earth

28.

Which of the following words is derived from the Greek root "tele"?

a)

telescope

b)

telephone

c)

television

d)

All of the above

29.

The root "hydro" is associated with which of the following?

a)

air

b)

earth

c)

fire

d)

water

30.

Which root is associated with the concept of "writing"?

a)

graph, gram

b)

phon, phono

c)

bio

d)

therm

31.

The root "meter, metr" is related to which of the following concepts?

a)

shape

b)

color

c)

measurement

d)

sound

32.

The root "astro" is associated with which of the following?

a)

star

b)

earth

c)

water

d)

air

33.

What does the root "morph" mean?

a)

change

b)

shape

c)

color

d)

size

34.

The root "log, logo" is associated with which of the following concepts?

a)

word, study

b)

shape

c)

color

d)

movement

35.

What does the Latin root "rupt" mean?

a)

break

b)

empty

c)

draw

d)

mind

36.

What does the Latin root "terr" mean?

a)

skin

b)

to live

c)

small

d)

land/earth

37.

What does the Latin root "vers/vert" mean?

a)

to lift

b)

to build

c)

to turn

d)

to eat

38.

What does the Greek root "auto" mean?

a)

study of

b)

self

c)

service

d)

circle

39.

What does the Greek root "Derm" mean?

a)

body

b)

life

c)

light

d)

skin

40.

What does the Greek root "photo" mean?

a)

light

b)

life

c)

love

d)

lend

41.

What does the Greek root "poly" mean?

a)

mean

b)

many

c)

mend

d)

miss

42.

What does the Greek root "Scope" mean?

a)

small

b)

watch, see

c)

eat

d)

foot

43.

What does the Greek root "sphere" mean?

a)

rotate

b)

distant

c)

study of

d)

circle

44.

What does the Greek root "eco" mean?

a)

ship

b)

home

c)

earth

d)

movement

45.

What does the Greek root "Phys" mean?

a)

fear

b)

light

c)

nature

d)

mind