Science Root Words

Knowing Roots

100

This root means "both"

a) -gram 

b) -graph

c) ambi- or amphi-

c) ambi- or amphi-

200

The root "cent" means which of the following?

a) hundred

b) thousand

c) large

a) hundred

300

Choose the root that means "out or away"...

a) mono-

b) e- or ex-

c) cosmo-

b) e- or ex-

400

Which root means "environment"?

a) eco-

b) uni-

c) cosmo-

a) eco-

500

Which root means "among, between"?

a) meta-

b) inter-

c) nano-

b) inter-

Help

100

The root "rupt-" can means...

a) fire

b) sound

c) break

c) break

200

Which root refers to "under, below"?

a) sub-

b) sym-

c) syn

a) sub-

300

The root that refers to "heat" is which of the following?

a) terra-

b) pyro-

c) therm-

c) therm-

400

Which root(s) refers to "one"?

a) milli-

b) poly-

c) mono- or uni-

c) mono- or uni-

500

Which root(s) refers to "middle"?

a) meta-

b) medi- or meso-

c) stell-

b) medi- or meso-

You Interpret

100

Which definition belongs to the root "dem-" as in the word demographic?

a) skin

b) people

c) measure

b) people

200

Which root belongs to the definition "skin" as in the word dermatology?

a) corp-

b) dem- 

c) derm-

c) derm-

300

Which definition belongs to the root(s) "multi-" or "poly-"?

a) thousand

b) large

c) many

c) many

400

Which definition belongs to the root "super-"?

a) above, over

b) many

c) large

a) above, over

500

Which definition belongs to the root "sym-" as in the term symbiosis?

a) many

b) together

c) people

b) together

Meanings Of

100

Which definition belongs to the root "micro-" as in the term microscope?

a) small

b) measure

c) a thousandth of

a) small

200

The root "syn-" means...

a) build

b) create, put together

c) plant

b) create, put together

300

The root "struct-" means...

a) create

b) break

c) build

c) build

400

The root "chem-" belongs to which definition?

a) color

b) birth, origin

c) chemicals

c) chemicals

500

The root "milli-" belongs to which definition?

a) measure

b) a thousandth of

c) a billionth of 

b) a thousandth of

Unfamiliar Terms

100

Which definition belongs to the root(s) "proto-" or "prim-"?

a) foot

b) first, earliest

c) picture

b) first, earliest

200

Which root means "joint" as in your knee or ankle joint?

a) arthro-

b) gastro-

c) gene-

a) arthro-

300

Which definition belongs to the root "gen-" or "gene-"?

a) people

b) birth, origin

c) body

b) birth, origin

400

The root that refers to "Earth" is which of the following?

a) helio-

b) cosmo-

c) geo-

c) geo-

500

Which definition refers to the root "kilo-"?

a) a thousandth of

b) billion

c) thousand

c) thousand