I'll help you complete this biology prefixes and suffixes worksheet. Let me work through each term systematically, providing the meanings for all the Greek/Latin root words listed.
Let me organize these by working through both columns:
Left Column:
1. a/an - without, not
2. meso - middle
3. leuco - white
4. aero - air
5. anti - against, opposite
6. amphii - both, double
7. aqua/hydro - water
8. arthro - joint
9. auto - self
10. bi/di - two
11. bio - life
12. cephal - head
13. chloro - green
14. chromo - color
15. cide - to kill
16. cyto - cell
17. derm - skin
18. haplo - single, simple
19. ecto (exo) - outside, outer
20. endo - inside, inner
21. epi - upon, over
22. gastro - stomach
23. genesis - origin, beginning
24. herba - plant
25. hetero - different
26. homo - same
27. ov - egg
28. kary - nucleus
29. neuro - nerve
30. soma - body
31. saccharo - sugar
32. primi/archea - first, ancient
33. phyll - leaf
Right Column:
34. hemo - blood
35. hyper - above, excessive
36. hypo - below, under
37. intra - within
38. -itis - inflammation
39. lateral - side
40. -logy - study of
41. -lysis - breakdown, splitting
42. -meter - measure
43. mono - one, single
44. morph - shape, form
45. micro - small
46. macro - large
47. multi/poly - many
48. pod - foot
49. -phobia - fear of
50. -philia - love of, attraction to
51. proto - first
52. photo - light
53. pseudo - false
54. synthesis - putting together
55. sub - under, below
56. troph - nourishment
57. therm - heat
58. tri - three
59. zoo, zoa - animal
60. -tropism - turning toward
61. -taxis - arrangement, order
62. -stasis - standing still, balance
63. zyg/zygous - joined, paired
64. phago - to eat
65. path/pathy - disease, suffering
66. sym/syn - together, with
Final Answer:
Here are all the meanings for the biology prefixes and suffixes:
LEFT COLUMN:
- a/an: without, not
- meso: middle
- leuco: white
- aero: air
- anti: against, opposite
- amphii: both, double
- aqua/hydro: water
- arthro: joint
- auto: self
- bi/di: two
- bio: life
- cephal: head
- chloro: green
- chromo: color
- cide: to kill
- cyto: cell
- derm: skin
- haplo: single, simple
- ecto (exo): outside, outer
- endo: inside, inner
- epi: upon, over
- gastro: stomach
- genesis: origin, beginning
- herba: plant
- hetero: different
- homo: same
- ov: egg
- kary: nucleus
- neuro: nerve
- soma: body
- saccharo: sugar
- primi/archea: first, ancient
- phyll: leaf
RIGHT COLUMN:
- hemo: blood
- hyper: above, excessive
- hypo: below, under
- intra: within
- -itis: inflammation
- lateral: side
- -logy: study of
- -lysis: breakdown, splitting
- -meter: measure
- mono: one, single
- morph: shape, form
- micro: small
- macro: large
- multi/poly: many
- pod: foot
- -phobia: fear of
- -philia: love of, attraction to
- proto: first
- photo: light
- pseudo: false
- synthesis: putting together
- sub: under, below
- troph: nourishment
- therm: heat
- tri: three
- zoo, zoa: animal
- -tropism: turning toward
- -taxis: arrangement, order
- -stasis: standing still, balance
- zyg/zygous: joined, paired
- phago: to eat
- path/pathy: disease, suffering
- sym/syn: together, with
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