Name That Root!
What Does it Mean?
Fill in the Blank
Examples
Sentences
100

The root that means star.

What is ast?

100

The meaning for ast.

What is star?

100

Many things made in a ______________ are manufactured.

What is factory?

100

The science that studies outerspace.

What is astronomy? 

100

Use asteroid in a sentence.

Answers will vary.

200

The root that means earth.

What is geo or terra?

200

The meaning for rupt.

What is to break?

200

_______________ is the study of the surface of the Earth.

What is geography?

200

A tadpole goes through this to turn into a a frog.

What is metamorphosis? 

200

Use interrupt in a sentence.

Answers wil vary.

300

The root that means to make.

What is fac?

300

The meaning for geo.

What is earth or land?

300

An _________________ is a space traveler.

What is astronaut? 

300

The name for this symbol *.

What is asterisk? 

300

Use manufacture in a sentence.

Answers will vary. 

400

The root that means to change shape.

What is morph?

400

The meaning for morph.

What is to change shape?

400

People who are ____________ are unable to pay because they are "broke."

What is bankrupt?

400

A piece of pottery from ancient Greece.

What is an artifact? 

400

Use factory in a sentence.

Answers will vary.

500

The root that means to break.

What is rupt?

500

The meaning for fac.

What is to make?

500

When something ___________ it changes from one thing to another.

What is morphs?

500

The study of curves, angles, points and lines. 

What is geometry? 

500

Use morphing in a sentence.

Answers will vary. 

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