Aqua
Bio
Mater (matr)
Gen
Spec
100

Aqua is a root word meaning.....

What is WATER

100

Bio is a root word meaning...

What is LIFE

100

Mater (or matr) is a root word meaning...

What is MOTHER

100

Gen is a root 

What is BIRTH

100

Spec is a root word meaning..

What is LOOK or SEE

200

Aqualung is a cognate of aqua.  Define "aqualung".

What is a breathing device used to breath under water.

200

A biography is defined as...

What is the story of a person's life written by someone else.

200

Maternity is a cognate of "mater".  What does maternity mean?  

What is the state or quality of being a mother. 

200

A generation is defined as...

What is a group of individuals born and living during the same time period.

200

A spectator is defined as...

What is a member of an audience or person who watches

300

Complete this sentence with the correct cognate of "aqua":

When I visited the ___________________ I saw many colorful species of fish.  

What is aquarium.

300

Malcolm X wrote his ___________________ and it quickly sold millions of copies.  

What is an autobiography.

300

I visited my _________________, Fordham University, and I was impressed with the new auditorium they built.  

What is alma mater

300

The action movie _____________________ over a billion dollars in profits this weekend.  

What is generated.

300

Following the parade, Maria's customers took to Instagram to share pictures of the adorable ________________.

What is spectacle.

400

The tourist forgot to bring his _______________ on the day trip, therefore he could not go scuba diving that day.  

What are aqualungs

400

"Bio" means life.  What does "logy" mean in the word "biology"? 

What is "the study of"

400

Ms. Henry is a very _______________ person; she always shows care and concern for her students.  

What is maternal.

400

Many Americans are the ____________________ of immigrants.  

What is progeny.

400

In __________________________, I should have followed my teacher's advice.  

What is retrospect.

500

The hotel had multiple lounge areas, and—best of all—a geometric, _________________tinted pool on the rooftop.

What is aquamarine.

500

Which word BEST fits in the following sentence: Biologists warned that the predator could destroy the island’s unique___________________, which includes species of animals found nowhere else in the world. 

a. bionics

b. biomedical

c. biodiversity


What is biodiversity.

500

Which word BEST fits in the following sentence. My grandmother is the ______________ of our family.

a. matrimony

b. matriarch

c. matrix

What is matriarch

500

Which word BEST fits in the following sentence.  The mature debate between the two men __________________________ into a screaming and shouting match.  

a. generalized

b. genocide

c. degenerated

What is degenerated.

500

Which word BEST fits in the following sentence.  At this point in the investigation, the detective could only _________________about the suspect's motives.

a. specter

b. spectate

c. speculate

What is speculate.