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Quizzes - Review Root Words

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does "graph" mean?
a)
foot
b)
light
c)
write
d)
time
2.
What does "photo" mean?
a)
write
b)
time
c)
water
d)
light
3.
What does "hydr" mean?
a)
water
b)
hear
c)
sound
d)
believe
4.

What does "toxico" mean?

a)
write
b)

poison

c)
believe
d)

good

5.
What does "astr" mean?
a)
write
b)
to carry 
c)
hear
d)
star
6.
What does "bio" mean?
a)
life
b)
light
c)
believe
d)
hear
7.
What does "geo" mean?
a)
throw
b)
earth
c)
write
d)
move up or step up
8.

What is the meaning of the root word tele?

a)

empty

b)

feel

c)

far off

d)

other

9.

terra

a)

Latin, sleep

b)

Greek, sleep

c)

Latin, year

d)

Latin, land

10.

Define geography.

a)

land under control of the government

b)

something the causes sleep

c)

draw or write about the Earth

d)

fear of sleep

11.

Define geology.

a)

outside the Earth's atmosphere

b)

place for sleeping

c)

study of sleep

d)

study of the Earth

12.

Define territory.

a)

a place to sleep

b)

occuring twice a year

c)

study of the Earth

d)

land under control of the government

13.

Define extraterrestrial.

a)

something that causes sleep

b)

outside the Earth atmosphere

c)

occuring twice a year

d)

study of the Earth

14.

Define biannual.

a)

fear of sleep

b)

outside the Earth's atmophere

c)

study of the Earth

d)

occurring twice a year

15.

If meter means a unit of measure, what does a hydrometer measure?

a)

The depth of the ocean

b)

The height of a tower

c)

The density of liquid

d)

The power of explosives

16.

What does the root word scope mean?

a)

To search

b)

To find

c)

To hear

d)

To see

17.

What does the word telescope mean?

a)

An instrument for measuring weight

b)

An instrument for looking at small insects

c)

An instrument for measuring distant objects

d)

An instrument for finding water

18.

What does the root word therm mean?

a)

force

b)

weight

c)

height

d)

heat

19.

What does a thermometer measure?

a)

temperature

b)

time

c)

distance

d)

height

20.

If the root word aero refers to air, what does aerodynamic mean?

a)

designed to minimize the drag caused by air against an object

b)

designed to use air to fly

c)

designed to measure the volumne of air

d)

designed to include many elements

21.

The root word anti means against so antidote means

a)

a medicine that works against a poison

b)

a medicine that covers a symptom

c)

a medicine that is made from herbs

d)

a medicine that is fast acting

22.

What does the root word micro mean?

a)

Heavy

b)

strange

c)

small

d)

loud

23.

If the root word gen means birth, then generate means

a)

to produce

b)

to collect

c)

to find

d)

to shout

24.

What does the root word auto mean?

a)

man

b)

self

c)

woman

d)

machine

25.

If a bicycle has two wheels, what is a unicycle?

a)

something with only one wheel

b)

something with three wheels

c)

something with no wheels

d)

something made of wheels

26.
Define the Root Word "EX"
a)
out, from
b)
besides, alongside
c)
one
d)
under, from below
27.
Define the Root Word "MULTI"
a)
thrown
b)
two
c)
life
d)
many
28.
Define the Root Word "SUB"
a)
from below, over
b)
under, from below
c)
under, there
d)
besides, alongside
29.
Define the Root Word "UNI"
a)
two
b)
three
c)
twice
d)
one
30.
Define the Root Word "TRI"
a)
three
b)
bike
c)
one
d)
bad, evil
31.
Define the Root Word "PRE"
a)
back, again
b)
in, on
c)
before, in front of
d)
under, from below
32.

In order to make ATP , we must first break down sugar  into the energy-storing molecule through the process of:

a)

glucose

b)

cytokinesis

c)

endocytosis

d)

glycolysis

33.

Monosaccharides are made of:

a)
  1. Many sugars

b)
  1. Two sugars


c)

  1. One sugar

d)

  1. Three sugars

34.

Plants are considered _________________ because they can make food for themselves.

a)
  1. Heterotrophs

b)
  1. Autotrophs


c)

Autosomes

d)
  1. Heterozygous

35.

When you have a bacterial infection, a doctor prescribes antibiotics because they help to:

a)
  1. Produce life to help keep you healthy

b)
  1. Produce an opposite reaction to any pathogen

c)
  1. Fight against viruses

d)


  1. Fight against living things that don’t belong in your body