Name: ___________________
Period: ____________________
ROOT WORDS
Place this sheet in your notebook. The following root words will be on the corresponding tests
Root
Meaning
Examples
able
capable of
renewable, reliable
anti
against
antibiotic,
anti-inflammatory
arth
joint
arthritis, arthropod
auto
self
autotroph, autobiography,
automatic
bio
related to life
biology, biodome, biohazard
chloro
green
chlorophyll, chloroplast
cardio
heart
cardiac
carn
flesh
carnivore
TEST 1
TEST 2
Root
Meaning
Examples
cell
small room
unicellular, multicellular
centi
hundred
centimeter
centri
center
centripetal
chloro
green
chloroplast, chlorophyll
clastic
pieces
pyroclastic
TEST 4
cyto
cell
cytoplasm
con
with, together
converge, conjoin
deci
ten
decimeter
derm
skin, layer
epidermis, dermatologist
TEST 5
di
double
dicot, diatomic
endo
inner/within
epi
above
endothermic, endoplasmic,
endoskeleton
epicenter, epidermis
eu
true
eukaryote,
TEST 3
Root
Meaning
Examples
TEST 6
exo
outer
exothermic, exoskeleton
gastro
stomach
gastric acid
hemo
blood
hemophiliac, hemoglobin
herb
relating to plants
herbivore
hetero
different
heterotroph, heterogeneous
homeo
same
homeostasis
itis
inflammation
arthritis, appendicitis
logy
the study of
geology, biology
macro
large
macrophage, macronucleus
micro
small
microscope, microwave
milli
thousand
millimeter
multi
many
multicellular
TEST 7
TEST 8
Root
Meaning
Examples
osteo
bone
osteoporosis
pet
tend toward
centripetal
phage
eater
esophagus, bacteriophage
photo
light
photosynthesis, photograph
pod
foot
arthropoda
plasm
forming substance
cytoplasm
plast
structure
chloroplast
post
after
posterior
pro
before
prokaryote,
proto
first
prototype
pyro
heat or fire
pyroclastic, pyromaniac
synthesis
to make
photosynthesis
TEST 9
TEST 10
TEST 11
Root
Meaning
Examples
super
above
superposition,
re
again, back
rewind, renewable
stasis
standing/posture
homeostasis
uni
one
uniform, unicellular
TEST 12