Greek and Latin Roots Jeopardy

Positions

100

This root found in telephone means "far off"

tele

200

This root means "above" and can be found in a famous superhero's name.

Super

300

This root found in the word "translate" means "across".

trans

400

This root is found in the word "perimeter" and means "around".

peri

500

The word submarine is made up of two roots.  One root (marine) means "water".  What does the other root mean?

Sub = Under

Earth and Space

100

This root means "water".

Aqua

200

This root means "life".

bio

300

What does the root "luna" mean?

moon

400

This root is found in the word "astronomer" and means "star"

astro, astron

500

This root means "half".  What is the word that uses this root that means "half of a ball" (Bonus 500!)

Hemi

hemisphere

Sizes

100

This root means "small" and can be seen in the word miniature.

"mini"

200

This root also means "small" but is found in the word microwave.

"micro"

300

This root meaning "many" can be combined with a root meaning "angles" to make a math vocabulary word! 

Bonus 200 points if you can list BOTH roots in that word!

Poly  Gon

polygon

400

This root means "thousand" but that seems strange!

mill

500

This root means "large".

macro

Numbers

100

This root means 8.

oct, octo

200

This root means "hundred" and is used a lot in math words like percent and century.

cent

300

Which two roots make up the word that matches the two-wheeled thing I sometimes ride to school. 

bi- two

cycle/cyclo- circle

400

This root means 4.

quad

500

This root means "many" and starts with M.

Multi

rAnDoM

100

This root used a lot in math means "measure".

meter

200

This 3-letter root is found in the name "Malificent" and describes her BAD attitude.

Mal

300

This root means "one" and it starts with an M.

Mono

400

This root found in the word "interstate" means "between".

Inter

500

This root means "great"!  

Meta