Greek and Latin Roots - Nature 1

A

100

The study of plants is called botany. Which root means plant?

botan

200

A herbivore eats plants. Which root in the word means plant?

herb

300

Foliage describes many leaves on a plant. Which root means leaf?

foli

400

Radish comes from the part of the plant underground. Which root means root?

radic

500

Anthocyanin is a pigment found in flowers. Which root means flower?

antho

B

100

Which root means leaf: foli or carp?

foli

200

This root means flower and is found in anthology.

antho

300

Fructose is a sugar found in fruit. Which root means fruit?

fruc

400

Chlorophyll helps plants make food. Which root means green? Which 2 roots make up this word?

Chloro- green; Phyll- leaf

500

Rhizome is a type of underground stem. Which root means root?

rhizo

C

100

This legendary creature looks like a horse but is famous for having a single spiraling horn on its forehead.

Unicorn

200

In geometry, this is the name for any polygon that has exactly three angles and three sides.

Triangle

300

If you can speak both Spanish and English fluently, you are described as being this.

Bilingual

400

A carpel is a part of a flower that contains the "sticky stigma" in the center.  If the carpel doesn't get pollinated by another flower, the fruit doesn't grow. What does the root carp mean?

fruit

500

Which root would help you decode the word chloroplast?

Chlor- green

D

100

You see this eight-sided shape every time you stop your car at a red "STOP" sign.

Octagon

200

A square, a rectangle, and a trapezoid all belong to this family of shapes that have four sides.

Quadrilateral

300

This famous five-sided building in Virginia serves as the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense.

The Pentagon

400

In the world of computers and data storage, this unit of memory is equal to one million bytes.

Megabyte

500

Athletes in this sporting event must compete in three consecutive sections: swimming, cycling, and running.

Triathlon

E

100

This metric unit of length is small; there are 100 of them inside one single meter.

Centimeter

200

This period of time is equal to ten years.

Decade

300

Photographers often use this three-legged stand to keep their camera steady while taking a picture.

Tripod

400

While twins are two babies born at once, this specific word describes four babies born at the same birth.

Quadruplets

500

People celebrated all over the world when the calendar hit the year 2000, marking a new one of these 1,000-year periods.

A Millennium