List #1
Root Words
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100

to measure

What is meter?

100

the study of

What is logy?

100

autograph

What is self-writing?

100

chronology

What is the study of time?

200

sun

What is helio?

200

to write

What is graph?

200

biography

what is life writing

200

geography

What is earth writing?

(geography is studying what is "written" on the Earth's surface -  physical features, such as mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans )

300

something written

What is gram?

300

earth

What is geo?

300

autobiography

what is writing about your own life

300

heliograph

What is sun writing?


A heliograph uses a mirror to reflect sunlight to a distant observer. The first recorded use of a heliograph was in 405 BC when the Ancient Greeks used polished shields to signal in battle.

400

time

What is chron(o)?

400

center

What is centri?

400

biology

what is the study of life

400

thermometer

What is to measure heat?

500

life

What is bio?

500

self

What is auto?

500

geology

What is the study of the earth?

500

autopilot

What is self pilot?


(the plane flies it"self")

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