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WorksheetsRoots and Their Meanings Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What does the Latin root "aqua" mean?
Air
Fire
Water
Earth
The root "tele" is Greek and means:
Near
Far
Fast
Small
Which of these words is derived from the Latin root "scrib/script", meaning "to write"?
Inscribe
Submit
Predict
Construct
The Greek root "bio" means:
Plant
Earth
Life
Death
What is the meaning of the Latin root "dict"?
To see
To carry
To say or speak
To run
The word "photograph" contains the Greek root "photo", which means:
Light
Sound
Vision
Drawing
The Latin root "port" means:
To close
To carry
To fly
To think
What does the root "chrono" (Greek) mean?
Mind
Order
Time
Shape
The Latin root "vid/vis" means "to see".
True
False
The Greek root "geo" means "water".
True
False
The Latin root "fact" means "to make".
True
False
The word "audible" comes from the Latin root "aud", meaning "to hear".
True
False
The Greek root "scope" means "to look or examine".
True
False
The Latin root "bene" means "bad or evil".
True
False
The Greek root "phon" means:
Color
Light
Movement
Sound
The Latin root "mal" means "good".
True
False
The Latin root "cred" means "to believe".
True
False
The Greek root "therm" means "heat".
True
False
The Greek root "path" means:
Light
Sound
Movement
Feeling
What does the Greek root "graph" mean?
To draw
To read
To speak
To write
What does the Greek root "anthropos" mean?
Plant
Human
Earth
Animal
The Latin root "dem" means "people".
False
True
What does the Greek root "micro" mean?
Slow
Fast
Small
Large
The Latin root "homo" means "man".
True
False
What does the root 'Phil' in Philosophy mean?
A guy
Man
Love
Philadelphia
