Greek to me!
Word Parts
Speaking Latin
Random Thoughts
Picture This!
100
This Greek root means "earth".
What is "geo-"?
100
Word part meaning "life" + word part "sphere".
What is a "biosphere"?
100
This Latin root means "sun".
What is "sol-"?
100
I wonder what the meaning of "solcat" might be?
What is a "a sun cat"?
100
A bunch of pictures all together to make a display.
What is a "collage"?
200
If I wanted to measure something small I might use centimeters. Tell me the Greek word part in centimeters.
What is "meter"?
200
Word part "para" + word part meaning "sun".
What is a "parasol"?
200
In the word "astronomy", "astro-" means?
What is "stars", or "heavens" or "space"?
200
Tell me what I mean by an "astropencil".
What is a "space pencil" or "star pencil"?
200
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and the Sun all floating in space!
What is our "solar system"?
300
"Tiny Universe" -- Use the clues to figure out the word with a Greek root
What is "microcosm"?
300
Word part meaning "together" + word part "-lision"
What is "collision"?
300
The word part that means "year".
What is "ann-"?
300
A word that measures life.
What is a "biometer"?
300
She has a million maps of places on Earth, loves to study rocks and soil and can't get enough of the tectonic plates that make up Earth.
What is a "geologist"?
400
If you wanted to study more about life you would have to use this Greek word part to describe your job!
What is "biology" or "biologist"?
400
Word part meaning "earth" + word part "graphy".
What is "geography"?
400
To describe a "small piece" of something you must use this Latin root
What is a "particle" or "part-"?
400
A chicken in a space ship.
What is an "astrochicken"?
400
A chocolatey brownie with tiny star shaped candies that look like a galaxy, yes please!
What is a "cosmicbrownie"?
500
If you used the word part "cosm", you would be talking about this.
What is the "universe"?
500
Word part meaning "universe" + word part "naut".
What is a "cosmonaut"?
500
If your teacher said let's "collaborate" what does she want you to do?
What is "work together"?
500
All of this particulate matter is making me sneeze.
What is "dust"?
500
A flowery, rice paper umbrella to shade you from the sun.
What is a "parasol"?
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