Biology Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

Bio

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-

Question 15

hydro-

Answer 15

water

Question 16

-phobic

Answer 16

fears, doesn’t like

Question 17

-philic

Answer 17

likes, “fan” of

Question 18

hyper-

Answer 18

more than the normal amount

Question 19

hypo-

Answer 19

less than the 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. homozygous AA or aa

Question 26

Co-

Answer 26

Both Ex. codominant
Red flower+ white flower= red+white flower

Question 27

auto-

Answer 27

does 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
example-photosunthesis, photograph

Question 31

troph-

Answer 31

eater
ex. autotroph, heterotroph

Question 32

chemo-

Answer 32

chemicals