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

-ase

Answer 10

ending for Enzymes
Ex: Lipase, Maltase, and Lactase

Question 11

uni-

Answer 11

One
Ex: unicellular = one cell
Pro

Question 12

multi-

Answer 12

More than one
Ex: multicellular = many cells “Do”

Question 13

chloro-

Answer 13

Green

Question 14

hydro-

Answer 14

Water

Question 15

-phobic

Answer 15

Fears, doesn’t like

Question 16

-philic

Answer 16

Likes,”fan”

Question 17

hyper-

Answer 17

More than the normal amount

Question 18

hypo-

Answer 18

Less than the normal amount

Question 19

iso-

Answer 19

Same amount

Question 20

endo-

Answer 20

Into

Question 21

exo-

Answer 21

Out

Question 22

Hetero-

Answer 22

Different
Ex: heterozygous Aa

Question 23

Homo-

Answer 23

Same
Ex: homozygous AA or aa

Question 24

Co-

Answer 24

Both
Ex: codominant red flower + white flower= red + white flower

Question 25

Auto-

Answer 25

Does it by itself
Ex: automatic, autotroph

Question 26

Sym-

Answer 26

Together

Question 27

Sis-

Answer 27

Process
Ex: symbiosis, photosynthesis

Question 28

Photo-

Answer 28

Light
Ex: photosynthesis, photograph

Question 29

-troph

Answer 29

Eater
Ex: autotroph, heterotroph

Question 30

chemo-

Answer 30

Chemicals
Ex: chemosynthesis