Biology Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

Bio-

Answer 1

Life

Question 2

ology-

Answer 2

the 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 for sugars
Ex: Glucose, Lactose, Fructose

Question 11

-ase

Answer 11

ending for enzyems
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

hydro-

Answer 15

water

Question 16

-phobic

Answer 16

fears, doesn’t like

Question 17

philic-

Answer 17

likes, “fan”

Question 18

hyper-

Answer 18

more than the normal amount

Question 19

hypo-

Answer 19

less than the normal amount

Question 20

iso-

Answer 20

same amount

Question 21

endo-

Answer 21

into

Question 22

exo-

Answer 22

out

Question 23

cyto-

Answer 23

cell

Question 24

Hetero-

Answer 24

Different Ex. heterozygous
Aa

Question 25

Homo-

Answer 25

Same Ex. homoztgous
AA or aa

Question 26

Co-

Answer 26

Both Ex. codominate
Red flower+ white flower= Red+white flower

Question 27

Auto-

Answer 27

Does it by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph

Question 28

Sym-

Answer 28

Together

Question 29

Sis

Answer 29

Process
Ex. Symbiosis, Photosynthesis

Question 30

photo-

Answer 30

Light
Ex. photosynthesis, photograph

Question 31

troph-

Answer 31

Eater
Ex. Autotroph, Heterotroph