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This Greek root means 'heat' and is found in the word for a device that keeps your soup hot.
therm
This Greek root means 'water' and is used in hydropower, meaning electricity generated by flowing water.
hydro
This Latin root means 'water' and is found in the word for a tank where pet fish live.
aqua
This root means 'small' and is used in the name of an instrument that lets you see tiny cells.
micro
The opposite of micro, this root means 'large' and is often used when looking at the 'big picture' in economics.
macro
This root means 'measure' and can be found at the end of words like thermometer and barometer.
meter
Meaning 'to look' or 'to see', this root is found in words for instruments that view distant stars or tiny bacteria.
scope
A speedometer in a car measures this.
speed
Pilots monitor this to know how high their airplane is flying.
altitude
The hemisphere is half of this shape.
sphere
This root means 'heavy' and is the base for the force that pulls objects toward Earth.
grav
This root means 'ball' and describes the 3D shape of the Earth.
spher
Earth, Mars, and Jupiter are examples of these objects that travel around the Sun.
planets
A flat surface in geometry that extends forever in all directions is called this.
a plane
This instrument in an airplane measures height above sea level.
altimeter
This root means 'environment' or 'house' and forms the base of the word for the study of how living things interact.
eco
This root means 'high' and describes the distance above sea level in aviation and geography. (Be careful, it's not avi)
alt
Meaning 'vapor' or 'gas', this root is the first part of the word for the layer of gases surrounding Earth.
atmo
An athlete who competes in water sports might be described with this adjective meaning “related to water.”
aquatic
An extremely small organism that can only be seen with magnification is called this.
microorganism
If you are studying 'thermodynamics', you are studying the movement of this.
An 'aqueduct' is a structure built to transport this substance.
water
When homes use energy from inside the Earth to stay warm, they use this type of heating.
geothermal
A power plant that creates electricity by using moving water is called this.
hydroelectric power
A scientist who studies how water moves through Earth’s systems studies this field.
hydrology