AP Biology Quiz 3 Latin Root Words

Question 1

centi-

Answer 1

hundreth

Question 2

centr-

Answer 2

center

Question 3

cephal-

Answer 3

head

Question 4

cerat-

Answer 4

horn

Question 5

cerebr-

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

cervic-

Answer 6

neck

Question 7

chel-

Answer 7

claw

Question 8

chem-

Answer 8

dealing with chemicals

Question 9

chir-

Answer 9

hand

Question 10

chlor-

Answer 10

green

Question 11

chondr-

Answer 11

cartilage

Question 12

chrom, -chrome

Answer 12

color

Question 13

chron-

Answer 13

time

Question 14

-chym

Answer 14

juice

Question 15

-cid,-cis-

Answer 15

cut, kill, fall

Question 16

circa-, circum-

Answer 16

around, about

Question 17

cirru-

Answer 17

hairlike curls

Question 18

co-

Answer 18

with, together

Question 19

cocc-

Answer 19

seed, berry

Question 20

coel-

Answer 20

hollow

Question 21

coll-

Answer 21

glue

Question 22

coni-

Answer 22

cone

Question 23

contra-

Answer 23

against

Question 24

corp-

Answer 24

body

Question 25

cort-,cortic-

Answer 25

outer layer

Question 26

cosmo-

Answer 26

world, order, form

Question 27

cotyl-

Answer 27

cup

Question 28

counter-

Answer 28

against

Question 29

crani-

Answer 29

skull

Question 30

cresc-, cret-

Answer 30

begin to grow

Question 31

crypt-

Answer 31

hidden, covered

Question 32

-cul,-cule

Answer 32

small, diminutive

Question 33

cumul-

Answer 33

heaped

Question 34

cuti-

Answer 34

skin

Question 35

cyan-

Answer 35

blue

Question 36

-cycle, cycl-

Answer 36

ring, circle

Question 37

-cyst-

Answer 37

sac, pouch, bladder