Biology Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

8Bio-

Answer 1

Life

Question 2

-ology

Answer 2

Study of

Question 3

Mono-

Answer 3

One

Question 4

Di- or Bi-

Answer 4

Two

Question 5

Tri-

Answer 5

Three

Question 6

Poly-

Answer 6

Multiple or Many

Question 7

Macro-

Answer 7

Big or Large

Question 8

Micro-

Answer 8

Small or Tiny

Question 9

Saccharide

Answer 9

Sugar

Question 10

-ose

Answer 10

Ending or Sugars
Ex. Glucose, Lactose, Fructose

Question 11

-ase

Answer 11

ending for Enzymes
Ex. Lipase, Maltase, Lactase

Question 12

uni-

Answer 12

one
Ex. unicellular = one cell

Question 13

multi-

Answer 13

more than one
Ex. multicellular = many cells

Question 14

chloro-

Answer 14

green

Question 15

hetero-

Answer 15

different ex. heterozygous Aa

Question 16

homo-

Answer 16

same ex. homozygous AA or aa

Question 17

co-

Answer 17

both ex. codominant red flower + white flower = red + white flower

Question 18

auto-

Answer 18

does it by itself ex. automatic, autotroph

Question 19

sym-

Answer 19

together

Question 20

sis-

Answer 20

process ex. symbiosis, photosynthesis

Question 21

photo-

Answer 21

light ex. photosynthesis

Question 22

-troph

Answer 22

eater ex. autotroph, heterotroph

Question 23

chem-

Answer 23

chemicals ex. chemosynthesis