Number Power
If a tricycle has three wheels, how many wheels does a bicycle have?
What is two?
This prefix means "under." It's the first part of the word for a path that goes under the ground.
What is sub (subway)?
This root means "life." It is the first part of a book written about a real person.
What is bio (biography)?
This prefix means "small." You need this kind of camera to see things that are invisible to the eye.
What is micro?
If you rewrite a story, are you writing it before, again, or not at all?
What is again?
A unicorn is famous for having exactly this many horns.
What is one?
This prefix means "before." You do this to a test to make sure you are ready.
What is pre (prepare)?
This root means "water." It is the name of the color that looks like a blue-green ocean.
What is aqua?
This prefix means "large." It is the opposite of "micro."
What is macro?
This word uses a root meaning "carry." It describes a computer you can easily carry in your backpack.
What is portable?
This prefix means "one," and it is used in the word monorail (a train that runs on one track).
What is mono?
If you need to do your homework a second time, you have to __do it.
What is re?
This root means "to write." It is found in the word "para**____**."
What is graph?
A submarine travels "under" this.
What is the water (or the sea)?
Use a prefix and a root: This is a "far-writer" machine used long ago to send messages.
What is a telegraph?
If a "pod" is a stand, this "three-legged" stand is often used to hold a camera.
What is a tripod?
This prefix means "far away." You use a ____scope to see stars that are light-years away.
What is tele (telescope)?
If you move a fish from a lake to a tank, you are putting it in an ____rium.
What is aqua?
Scientists use a ____chip to put a tiny computer inside a phone.
What is micro?
This word means "not happy."
What is unhappy?
To unite means to bring people together to act as how many groups?
What is one?
This prefix means "not." If your room is messy, it is ____tidy.
What is un?
This root means "to carry." It is found in the word "air**____**," a place where planes carry people.
What is port?
If a giant giant cloud is very, very large, a scientist might call it a ____cloud.
What is macro?
If you preheat an oven, are you heating it before or after you put the food in?
What is before?