Name:
Biology
Date:
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Extra Credit: Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes (15 points)
Directions: Below are charts that list several commonly used root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Write an example
of a word that appropriately uses that root word, prefix, or suffix in the box provided. You may need a dictionary
to find examples. Good luck!
COMMON ROOT WORDS AND WORD ORIGINS
ROOTS
amlt amtcann, ennl
anthron
aqua. aoue
arch
MEAI\ING
arthro
ioint
metri,
meter-
measure
year
mrn
small
human. man
mit. miss
mob, mot,
mov
mor, mort
morph
mut
neuro
send
water
chief, leader. ruler
aud
sound
biblio
biobrev
book
cap
carn
chromchroncogn
corD
cruc
crusta
culn
cvto
demodermdic
duc, duct
duo
dvnam-
frater
geo-
grad, gress
graphhemo,
hema. hem
hydro,
EXAMPLE
love
life
move
death
form. structure
chanse
nerve
short
take. seize
meat
nYm'
ortho-
straisht. correct
color
time
know
Dac
peace
father
people
Dater
nath
ped. pod
phon-,
nhonopsvchschizo,
schiz
skin
scl
know
speak, say
scrib,
scrint
write
two
power
brother
sec, sect
sequ. secu
cut
serv
serve, protect
earth
steo
simil
same
sun
writins. orintins
blood
sol
son
soph
water
sDec. sDlc
body
cross
shell
suilt
cell
lead
hydr
word, name
onYm
feelins. sufferins
foot
sound, voice
soul. soirit. mind
division, split
follow
sound
tanp. tact
wisdom,
knowledse
look. see
touch
lso
equal. identical
terr
earth
iect
iud
throw
theo
eod. deiw
iudse
heat
log
word
thermtrophy
mar
mater
mother
mere
Dart. sesfilent
sea
vac
voc
nutrition- food
empw
call