Name: _______________________
Word Cell UNIT 10
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Period: _______________________
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Date: ________________________
Teacher: _____Rudolph/Spurny___
SUBunder; below
(L-Pr)
sub/merge
(v) to plunge something under water; as, amphibians have the ability to submerge for long
periods of time
sub/terr/anean (a)
lying or being beneath the surface of the earth; as, subterranean caves, springs, passages,
etc.
sub/ject (v-n), sub/marine (a-n-v), sub/scribe (v), sub/tract (v), sub/urb (n),
sub/urb/an (a-n), sub/urb/an/ite (n)
TERR, TERRA, TERRIT
earth; dry land
(L-R)
a place where land animals are kept for the purpose of study or display; compare aquarium
terr/arium
(n)
terra firma
(L) firm earth; solid ground; as, after five months at sea, the nautical men were happy to place
their feet on terra firma.
(n) a geographical area or land which is under governmental control
territ/ory
Medi/terr/anean (n-a), sub/terr/anean (a), terra cotta (Ital)
THE, THEISM, THEO
god, gods, God
(Gr-R)
mono/the/ist
(n)
one who hold to the belief that there is but one God; compare atheist and polytheist
poly/theism
(n)
a belief held by many that there are many gods; compare monotheism and atheism
theo/logy
(n)
the science which studies religion
a/theism (n), a/the/ist (n), mono/theism (n), poly/the/ist (n), theo/cracy (n), theo/crat (n), theo/cratic (a)
URB
a city
(L-R)
sub/urb
(n)
a town or village on or near a city’s border; as, Meridian is a suburb of Boise
urb/an
(a)
of or pertaining to a city; as, urban population, growth, customs, problems, etc.; compare
suburban
sub/urb/an (a-n), sub/urb/an/ite (n), urb/an/ite (n)
VOR, VORE, VOROUS
eat; devour, feeding on
(L-R)
vor/acious
(a)
having a tremendous appetite; as, tigers are voracious animals
herbi/vore
(n)
any plant-eating animal, as cows, horses, deer, rabbits, and other vegetarians; compare
carnivore and omnivore
feeding on both plant and animal substances, as hippopotamuses, pigs, etc.
carni/vore (n), carni/vorous (a), herbi/vorous (a), omni/vore (n)
omni/vorous (a)
Boffardi unit #10 with Atkinson supplement
UNIT 10
NAME: ________________
EXERCISE 1: MATCHING: In the spaces provided, supply each word-cell in Column A with the number of
its proper definition from Column B.
theo
A
(1)
B
behavior; quality
-ism
(2)
resembling; having the nature of
sub
(3)
to eat
-acious
(4)
all
firma
(5)
under; beneath
herbi
(6)
land; earth
merge
(7)
god; gods
omni
(8)
plant
vore
(9)
solid
terra
(10)
unite; arise; plunge
EXERCISE 2: DEFINITIONS: In the spaces provided, supply the words being defined. Use the correct form
of the word, as necessary.
(1) _____________________
an area of land under governmental control
(2) _____________________
any plant-eating animal
(3) _____________________
a place where land animals are kept
(4) _____________________
one who holds the belief there is only one god
(5) _____________________
feeding on both plant and animal substances
EXERCISE 3: GOOFY WORDS: Use word cell definitions to find definitions for made-up words.
(1)
_____ terralogy
a. one who is of the city
(2)
_____ herbimerge
b. a place under
(3)
_____ subarium
c. a place for all
(4)
_____ omniory
d. study of land
(5)
_____ urbanean
e. to combine plants
Boffardi unit #10 with Atkinson supplement
UNIT 10
NAME: ______________________
EXERCISE 4; MATCHING GAME: Fill in the spaces below with those numbers from the list of Word-Cell
Choices which best make up the definitions. Each of the may be used more than once. Example: An
underwater craft. 17_ 13__ (sub/marine)
1. One who does not believe in a God
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Word Cell Choices
2. Latin expression for “firm earth; solid ground”
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1.
a3. Lying beneath the surface of the earth
2.
-acious
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3.
-an
4. A belief in one God
4.
-anean
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5.
aqu
5. One who lives within a city’s borders
6.
-arium
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7.
cotta
6. Having a tremendous appetite
8.
firma
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9.
herbi
7. Italian expression for “cooked earth”
10. -ist
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11. -ite
8. One who believes in many gods
12. ject
___ ___ ___
13. marine
9. To take away a portion from the whole
14. mono
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15. omni
10. A belief that no god exists
16. poly
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17. sub11. One who lives on or near a city’s border
18. terr
___ ___ ___ ___
19. terra
12. One who feeds on both plant and animal substances
20. the
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21. theism
13. To place under the control of
22. tract
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23. urb
14. Any plant-eating animal is considered to be ________________
24. vor
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25. vore
15. A place where water plants and animals are kept for the purpose of study or display 26. vorous
___ ___
EXERCISE 5: WORD CELL PUZZLE:
Circle the (10) word-cells hidden in the Puzzle Square. Write
each word-cell in a space below. Word-cells are located down
and across, NOT diagonally or backwards. They can NOT be
completely within another word cell. (You can’t choose -et as a
separate word cell from -plet if you’ve already chosen -plet).
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T E
J R M A R
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N E
V J
P C Z E W T S M G
1. ________________ 6. _______________
D T Q X F D O J T F B
S H C R G I
Y V H R L
2. ________________ 7. _______________
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E P Y L Z U A P Q D
Q O S H B W D F K B R
3. ________________ 8. _______________
X G M J N Z C B N A B
V L T Z R T Y X S Q O
4. ________________ 9. _______________
V O R E Q E G K G U F
K G O H D R J M P C E
5. ________________ 10. ______________
E Y U F C R P O L Y A
Boffardi unit #10 with Atkinson supplement
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1. Terra ____________________
2. Prefix meaning “one; single; alone”
5. Suffix meaning “one who”
3. A belief in many gods
7. Feeding on both plant and animal substances
4. A town or village on or near a city’s borders
10. Lying or being beneath the surface of the earth
6. To plunge something under water
14. A place where land animals are kept for the purpose
of study or display
8. A geographical area or land which is under
governmental control
15. Root meaning “to unite; to arise; to plunge”
9. Root meaning “all”
17. One who holds to the belief that there is but one God
11. Of or pertaining to a city
19. The science which studies religion
12. Root meaning “flesh; meat”
20. Root meaning “a city”
13. Root meaning “to throw; to cast”
16. Root meaning “many; much”
18. Prefix meaning “under; below”
Boffardi unit #10 with Atkinson supplement