Biology Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
8Bio-
A
Life
2
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-ology
A
Study of
3
Q
Mono-
A
One
4
Q
Di- or Bi-
A
Two
5
Q
Tri-
A
Three
6
Q
Poly-
A
Multiple or Many
7
Q
Macro-
A
Big or Large
8
Q
Micro-
A
Small or Tiny
9
Q
Saccharide
A
Sugar
10
Q
-ose
A
Ending or Sugars
Ex. Glucose, Lactose, Fructose
11
Q
-ase
A
ending for Enzymes
Ex. Lipase, Maltase, Lactase
12
Q
uni-
A
one
Ex. unicellular = one cell
13
Q
multi-
A
more than one
Ex. multicellular = many cells
14
Q
chloro-
A
green
15
Q
hetero-
A
different ex. heterozygous Aa
16
Q
homo-
A
same ex. homozygous AA or aa
17
Q
co-
A
both ex. codominant red flower + white flower = red + white flower
18
Q
auto-
A
does it by itself ex. automatic, autotroph
19
Q
sym-
A
together
20
Q
sis-
A
process ex. symbiosis, photosynthesis
21
Q
photo-
A
light ex. photosynthesis
22
Q
-troph
A
eater ex. autotroph, heterotroph
23
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chem-
A
chemicals ex. chemosynthesis
