Meaning Match-Up
Word Detectives
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100

This prefix means "different."

What is hetero-?

100

In the word cytoplasm, this word part means "cell."

What is the prefix cyt-?

100

The opposite of "in" or "within," as in endogenous, is this prefix.

What is exo-?

100

A cell's **__**plasm is the substance that fills it, with a word part that means "form" or "shape."

What is -plasm?

100

This prefix means "two" or "twice."

What is bi- or di-?

200

This suffix means "study of."

What is -logy?

200

The word transport has this prefix which means "across."

What is the prefix trans-?

200

The opposite of "large," as in macroscopic, is this prefix.

What is micro-?

200

A **__**gene is a gene that causes or promotes growth, and the word part means "origin" or "birth."

What is pro-?

200

The prefix non- means...

What is "not"?

300

This prefix means "heat."

What is therm-?

300

In the word hydrophobic, this suffix means "fearing" or "averse to."

What is the suffix -phobic?

300

The opposite of "fearing" or "averse to," as in hydrophobic, is this suffix.

What is -philic?  

300

**__**cytes are cells that are capable of phagocytosis, and the word part means "eat" or "devour."

What is phago-?

300

The suffix -lys means...

What is "break down" or "cut"?

400

This prefix means "self."

What is auto-?

400

The word geology uses this prefix which means "earth."

What is the prefix geo-?

400

The opposite of "outside" is this prefix.

What is intra-?

400

A photo**__**meter is an instrument for measuring light, and the word part means "light."

What is -meter?

400

A chlorophyll molecule has this prefix that means "green."

What is chlor-?

500

This suffix means "fat."

What is -lip-?

500

In the word multicellular, this prefix means "many."

What is the prefix multi-?

500

The opposite of "same" is this prefix.

What is hetero-?

500

**__**cellular means "across a cell."

What is trans-?

500

The prefix pre- means...

What is "before" or "ahead of time"?