Greek Roots
Latin Roots
What Does the Root Mean?
Root Word Challenge
Mystery Word
100

This root means many.

What is multi?
100

This root means water.

What is aqua?
100

Tele means this.

What is far away?

100

In the word Geography, what root means Earth?

What is Geo?

100

Hydroelectric power uses moving water to make electricity. Which root means water?

What is hyrdo?

200

This root refers to heat.

What is therm?

200
This root refers to hearing.

What is aud?

200

The root auto means this.

What is self?

200

In the word multicultural, this root means many.

What is multi?
200

A photograph is a picture taken with a camera. Which root means light?

What is photo?

300

This root means far away.

What is tele?

300

The root in Pedestrian means this.

What is foot?

300

The root phon refers to this.

What is sound?

300

Chronological means events in the order they happen. What root word means time?

What is Chron?

300

A microbe is a tiny living organism you need a microscope to see. Which root means small?

What is micro?

400

This word means to be broken down by living organisms.

What is biodegradable?

400

A person who sees an event happen.

What is a spectator?

400

The root word that means one hundred is...

What is cent?

400

An aqueduct is a bridge or pipe that carries water to a town. What root means to lead?

What is duct?

400

Psychology is the study of the mind and how people think. Which root means mind?

What is psych?

500

This is someone who studies life.

What is a biologist?

500

A place where people go to listen to or hear something like a school musical.

What is an auditorium?

500

In the word telescope, tele means far away, but scope means this.

What is to look at?

500

A democracy is a government where people have power. What root means people?

What is demo?

500

The word autobiography means a person writing about their life. Name the three roots in the word.

What are auto, bio, and graph/graphy?

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