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Chapter Two
Using the list below, construct 20 words by combining prefixes and suffixes. Each word
must be followed by a definition of what the word means. Your words do not have to be real
words. You can have as many prefixes/suffixes in the word as you like.
EXAMPLES: chlorophobia – fear of the color green
microdermotomy – small cuts of the skin
At the beginning of school, you will have a quiz over these prefixes and suffixes
The following table contains a list of commonly used prefixes and suffixes. Sometimes prefixes are
used as suffixes and vice versa.
Prefix
aaer- , aeroantiautobacter- , bacteriobibiocalorchlorcutiscytodermdidiadiploect- , ectoen- , emend- , endoepierythroeuex- , exoflagellgam- , gamo
Meaning
without, negative, not
air, oxygen
against
self
bacteria
two
life
heat
green
skin
cell
skin
two
across, through
double
outer, external
in
within
above, upon
red
good, well, true
out of, outer
whip
united, joined, sexual
Prefix
glycohaplohem- , hemo- , hematoheterohomohydrohyperhypoisokaryomacromesomicropathphagophotopolypro- , protosaccharsaprosomatounivaszyg-
Meaning
sugar, sweet
single
blood
different
same
water
above, excessive
under, beneath, lacking
equal
nucleus, nut
large
middle
small
disease
eating
light
many
before, primary
sugar
decay, rotten
body
one
vessel
yoke, union
Suffix
-meter
-oisis
-otomy , -tomy
-ous
-phagia
Meaning
instrument to measure
affected with, condition
act of cutting, incision
characterized by, full of
eating, swallowing
-cide
-cretion
-cyte
-emia
-ferent
-form
-genic
-gestion
Meaning
of or relating to
enzyme
having, resembling
process
embryonic layer; to
destroy
kill
process of separating
cell
blood
carry, bring
shape
producing, generating
to carry
-philic
-phobia , -phobic
-phyll
-plasm
-scope
-sis
-stasis
-synthesis
-ic , -tic , -ical , -ac
-logy
-lysis
having to do with
science of, study of
dissolving, destruction
-therm
-troph
-tropism
love
fear
leaf
material forming cells
instrument for viewing
act, state, condition
slowing; stable state
combining of separate
elements or substances
heat
nourish
turning; responding to
Suffix
-ary
-ase
-ate
-ation
-blast
Chapter Three
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Choose 20 words to make vocabulary cards using the given instructions:
o Front of the card: draw a picture that represents the word in some way. The picture
does not have to be exactly what the word is. For example, if the vocabulary word
was “cell wall,” I could draw a brick wall to help me remember that it protects that
cell and gives it its shape. The picture must be colored with at least four different
colors. Do not have words on the front.
o Back of the card:
 List the word
 Choose a link word. This word should be one or two words that help you
remember the definition without explaining everything. For example, for
“cell wall,” a good link word would be “protection.”
 Write the definition
 Write two sentences using that word in the sentence. The sentences should
have context clues explaining what the word means. For example, cells that
have cell walls have an extra layer of protection from their environment.
Link 5 of your words together and explain the relationship between your chosen terms. An
example would be red, orange, yellow, green, and blue: these words are all colors and can be
found in the rainbow.
Link 5 different words together and explain the relationship between your chosen terms.
The vocabulary terms:
1. Homeostasis
2. Capsid
3. DNA
4. RNA
5. Cytokinesis
6. Chromosome
7. Mitosis
8. Biomolecules
9. Carbohydrates
10. Lipids
11. Proteins
12. Nucleic Acids
13. Replication
14. Codons
15. Mutations
16. Nondisjunction
17. Genotype
18. Phenotype
19. Adaptation
20. Natural Selection
21. Biodiversity
22. Diversity
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Xylem
Phloem
Stoma
Guard Cells
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Predation
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Trophic Levels
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Organelles
Cell Differentiation
Genetic Code
Transcription
Translation
Genome
DNA Fingerprinting
Electrophoresis
Disruptive Selection
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Directional Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Genetic Drift
Gene Flow
Endosymbiosis
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
Dichotomous Key
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Enzymes
Catalyst
Substrate
Activation Energy
Internal Feedback
Feedback Loops
Limiting Factor
Carrying Capacity