PREFIX POWER
ROOT MEANINGS
SCIENCE WORDS
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
WHAT’S THE MEANING?
100

This prefix means not or without.

What is a-?

100

This root means heart.

What is cardio-?

100

The material inside a cell is called this.

What is cytoplasm?

100

Rule by the people.

What is democracy?

100

Atmospheric → relating to the ____

What is air / atmosphere?

200

This prefix means self.

What is auto-?

200

This root means water.

What is hydro-?

200

This word means study of ancient civilizations.

What is archaeology?

200

Rule by a few people.

What is oligarchy?

200

Autobiography → a life story written by ____

Who is oneself?

300

This prefix means under or below.

What is sub-?

300

This root means sun.

What is sol- or helio-?

300

This process happens when vapor turns into liquid.

What is condensation?

300

A person of high rank or power.

What is aristocrat?

300

Hydrology → the study of ___


What is water?

400

This prefix means around.

What is peri-?

400

This root means ball or round.

What is spher-?

400

This word means a community of living things and their environment.

→ What is ecosystem?

400

A government with one legislative chamber.

What is unicameral?

400

Converge → to come ____ together

What is turn / bend?

500

This prefix means before, forward, or in favor of.

What is pro-?

500

This root means pull or drag.

What is tract-?

500

This layer is the middle layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

What is mesosphere?

500

A government official who works in administration.

What is bureaucrat?

500

Cardiovascular → relating to the heart and ____

What are blood vessels?