Honors Biology Summer Assignment: Part 1 of 3
Create Edmodo.com and Quizlet.com accounts
A. Create an account for Edmodo as described in the team information sheet.
B. Create an account on Quizlet.com. Your user name on Quizlet should use your first name and last initial if
possible so that you’ll be recognizable to the class.
Once you’ve created an account with Quizlet, join our class. Here is the link to join the quizlet class:
https://quizlet.com/join/6aUyMsEZp
Quizlet is your best study toll for Part 2 of your summer assignment.
Quizlet tips:
Download the app to your phone. Flip through a set anytime you’re waiting around.
Print sets out onto paper. Cut them out. Quiz yourself. Set aside the ones you know well so that you can just
focus on the ones you are struggling with.
Learning these takes TIME. Invest time each week to review the new set that will be posted to Quizlet each
week. Practice those until you have them down… then go back and do a quick review of previous weeks.
Meet up with a friend that is also going to be on our team this year. Quiz each other.
Use the online games in Quizlet to compete with classmates for high scores.
QUESTIONS???
Is your question something that other students in the class might possibly have?
Please post the question to our class on Edmodo. Your peers can help and if they don’t have the answer
then clearly they also need answers… if you ask your question to the whole class we can learn from each
other. Often your peers can get back to you sooner than I can.
Does your question relate to ONLY YOU?
If your question only relates to YOU and other students in the class wouldn’t benefit from seeing the
question and answer then you can message me directly on Edmodo or you can email me at
[email protected].
Most students find success when they pace themselves in learning these terms throughout the summer. Below
is a suggested timeline for pacing yourself. To help you pace yourself I post flashcards in sets… one a week.
Suggested Summer Timeline:
Week 1
Starting Monday June 12th
Learn the Week 1 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Week 2
Staring Monday June 19th
Learn the Week 2 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Review Week 1
Week 3
Starting Monday June 26th
Learn the Week 3 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Review Weeks 1 & 2
Week 4
Starting Monday July 3th
Learn the Week 4 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Review Weeks 2 & 3
Week 5
Starting Monday July 10th
Learn the Week 5 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Review Weeks 1, 3 & 4
Week 6
Starting Monday July 17th
Learn the Week 6 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Review Weeks 2, 4 & 5
Week 7
Starting Monday July 24th
Learn the Week 7 flashcards
posted on Quizlet
Review Weeks 3, 4 & 5
Week 8
Starting Monday July 31st
Complete Part 3 of the
Summer assignment
Review All flashcards
Honors Biology Summer Assignment: Part 2 of 3
Etymology - Greek and Latin Word Parts
The number of vocabulary terms in a year of Biology is comparable to a year of a foreign language. It is critical
that we begin obtaining the vocabulary as soon as possible. Much of the vocabulary in science is based on Greek
and Latin word parts. To speed up your learning of biology vocabulary this school year you will be required to
learn the following word parts. Knowledge of these word parts will certainly be useful in Biology, but you’ll also
find they’ll be helpful in other classes, especially if you’re studying one of the Latin based languages such
Spanish or French.
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You will be assessed on your knowledge of these word parts at the start of the new school
year.
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Primarily, the test will require you to match scientific terms to their appropriate definition
based on known word parts.
♦ For example:
The term “chromosome” would match with the definition “a colored body found in
the nucleus of a cell; contains the genetic material” because “chrom-” means “color”
and “soma” means “body”.
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Other questions might ask you to put word parts that are related to numbers into numerical
order.
♦ Ex: Arrange the following prefixes in order from smallest to largest – hepta, hex, tri,
mono, tetra, bi.
♦ Answer: mono (1), bi (2), tri (3), tetra (4), hex (6), hepta (7)
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Still others might require you to identify differences between related terms.
♦ Ex: How are omnivores, carnivores and herbivores different?
♦ Answer: They all “devour” things, but carnivores eat meat, herbivores eat flesh, and
omnivores eat it all.
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Many terms mean the same thing.
♦ Ex: Which of the following terms does not belong? super-, hypo-, extra-, hyper-.
♦ Answer: hypo-; all of the others mean “above or beyond”, hypo- means “under”
To help you review the terms, a link to a set of Quizlet flashcards will be posted on Edmodo along with periodic
practice quizzes you can complete as you prepare for the new school year. It is recommended that you begin
learning these terms at the beginning of the summer and regularly quiz yourself as the summer progresses.
Expect the flashcards to be posted early this summer. Quizzes will come a bit later.
General Words
Part
Definition
-ac, -aceus, -aceous, -ous
of or pertaining to
aqu-, aqua-
water
archaeo-
primitive; ancient
-ase
enzyme
auto-
self
bio-
life
carb-
carbon; coal
carn-
meat; flesh
chem-, chemo-
chemistry
co-, com-, con-
with; together
cyt-, cyto-, -cyte, -cytic
cell
eco-
house; environment; habitat
fili-, filia-
son; daughter
-gene, gene-
origin; genetic
germ-
sprout
geo-
earth
gluco-, glycol-
glucose, sugar
-gram, -graph, -graphy
recording, written
herb-
grass, plant
hetero-
other, different
hydr-, hydro-
water
karyo-
nucleus
-logy
study of, account
-meter
device used for measuring
-metry
measurement of
neo-
new
-ous
pertaining to
oxy-
sharp, acute, oxygen
paleo-
old; ancient
pheno-
show
pino-
to drink
-port
carry
re-
again, backward
saccharo-
sugar
sci-
know
-scope, -scopy
examine, for examining; look; observe
scrib-, script-
write
somat-, somatico-, somato-, -some
body, bodily
-spire
breathe
-taxis
responsive movement
-troph, troph-
one who feeds; well fed
vestigium-
footprint
vit-, viv-
life
-vore
devour
zo, -zoa
animal
zyg-
yolk
Positions and Directions
Part
Definition
ab-, abs-
away from
ana-
up, away
ante-
before, forward
centi-
hundredth
centr-
center
cycl-
circle, cycle, ring
de-
away from, ending, down
dia-
across, through
ect-, ecto-, exo-
outer; outside; without
en-, end-, endo-, ent- enter-, entero-,
within; inner, inside, in
ex-, extra-, exo-
beyond, outside of, out of
inter-
between
intra-
within; inside
med-, meso-
middle, half, intermediate
meta-
between, along, after, beyond, change
nuc-
center
para-, par-
beside, near; equal; bring forth, alongside, abnormal
per-
through
peri-
around, about, near, enclosing
post-
behind, after
pre-
before, in front
proto-
first; primary
retro-
backward, behind
sub-
under
super-, supra-
above, over, on top, upon
sy-. syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-
together
tele-, telo-
far off; at a distance; end
trans-
across, through
ultra-
beyond
Parts and Disorders
Numbers and Amounts
Part
Definition
Part
Definition
carcin-, carcino-
cancer
bi-
two
corp-
body
deca-
ten
derm-, dermato-
skin
deci-
tenth
di-, diplo-, du-
two, double, duo
hem, hema-, hemat-,
hemato-, hemo-
blood
hemi-
half
lact-, lacti-, lacto-
milk
hept-
seven
lip-, lipo-
fat
hex-
six
neur-, neuri-, neuron
nerve
homo-, homeo-
same
hyper-
above, beyond, excessive
oo-, ovari-, ovario-, ovi-,
ovo-,ovum
egg, ovary
hypo-
under, deficient
iso-
equal, like
sperma-, spermato-,
spermo-, -sperm
sperm; seed
kilo-
thousand
spher-
ball
macro-
large, long, big
vertebr-
vertebra, spine
meg-, mega-, megal-,
megalo-
great, large, million
vesic-, vesico-
vesicle (cyst or pouch)
mic-, micro-
small
milli-
thousandth
mon-, mono-
one
multi-
many
oct-
eight
omni-
all
pent-
five
poly-
many, excessive
quadri-
four
quin-
five
semi-
half, partly
sept-
partition; seven
sex-
six
tetra-
Physical Properties, Colors and Shapes
Part
Definition
chlor-, chloro-
green
chrom-, chromato-
color
elect-
electrical activity
kin-, kine-, kinesi-,
kinesio-, kino-
movement
leuk-, leuko-
white
mela-, melan-, melano-
black; dark
morph-, morpho-
shape
mot-, -mot, mov-
movement
permea-
pass; go
phot-, photo-
light
four
reticul-, reticulo-
net
tri-
three
uni-
one
-stasis
level, unchanging,
standing
sten-, steno-
narrowed, blocked
therm-, thermo-
heat
Good and Bad
Part
Definition
a-, an-
without; lacking; no; none; not
anti-
against
bene-
good, well
-cide
killing, killer
contra-
against
dis-
separation, taking apart, out, away
dys-
difficult, abnormal, ill, bad
-emia
blood condition
eu-
good, well
-ia, -iasis
condition, formation of
-ism
state or condition
-ites, -itis
inflammation
-lysis, -lytic, lyso-, lys-
break down, destruction, dissolving
mal-
bad, abnormal
mort-
death
non-
not
-oma
tumor
-oid
resembling
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy, patho-, path-
disease ; suffering
phag-, -phagia, phagy
eating, swallowing
phob-, -phobia
fear
phil-
loving, fond of
pro-
favoring, supporting
pseudo-
false
onco-
tumor, bulk, volume
-sis, -esis
condition or state
Honors Biology Summer Assignment: Part 3 of 3
Review of basic life science concepts
Before the start of the new school year you should be able to:
 Name the 8 most abundant elements found in the human body and have a general idea of how common
they are. Use the outline of a human body below to color in and label the approximate percentages of each
element.
 Describe the listed 7 characteristics of life, give examples of each, and answer basic questions related to
each. Examples of potential questions can be found on our Quizlet class. Use the table on the following
page to take notes. You can find information to complete the table from any source you’d like, however I
will be posting some videos and other resources that will help on Edmodo during the summer.
Characteristics of Life
Characteristic
Made of Cells
Responds to
Stimuli
(Surroundings)
Grows and
Develops
Maintains
Homeostasis
Is Able to
Reproduce
Metabolizes
(Uses Energy)
Adapts/Evolves
Description
Example