As a child, Ethan loved to learn about fish and underwater volcanoes, so his mom was not surprised when he went to college to learn about oceanography.
What does oceanography mean?
What is the science of (or the study of) the ocean.
100
What is an affix?
What is a word you add to a root word to alter or change the meaning.
200
The meaning of the root aster or astron is ________.
What is star?
200
What does the prefix co- mean?
What is together.
200
The meaning of the root word retro is ___________.
What is back?
200
The problem with the television is that some wires got disconnected inside.
What is the meaning of disconnected?
What is no longer connected.
200
What is the difference between prefixes and suffixes?
What is that prefixes come before the root word, and suffixes come after the root word.
300
The meaning of the root word thermo is ________.
What is heat?
300
The prefix anti-means __________.
What is against.
300
The meaning of the root word ambi is ___________.
What is both?
300
The noise level from next door was so loud that it was no longer tolerable.
What is the meaning of tolerable?
What is able to put up with.
300
What is a root word?
What is a word or word part that gives meaning to the word.
400
The root word that means life is ___________.
What is bio.
400
The prefix pre- means ___________.
What is before.
400
The meaning of the root word con is ___________.
What is connect?
400
When I asked Dwayne why he was wearing a long-sleeve shirt and putting on sunscreen, he told me that he is on a medication that makes him hypersensitive to sunlight.
What does hypersensitive mean?
What is over (super) sensitive.
400
Give 3 examples of a prefix
What is answers may vary.
500
The root word that means poly is __________.
What is many?.
500
The prefix sub- means _______.
What is under.
500
The meaning of the root word intra is ___________
What is within?
500
Monica wanted to win the spelling contest, but in an unmalicious way.
What does unmalicious mean?