Biology Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Bio-
A
Life
2
Q
-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
-ase
A
ending for Enzymes
Ex: Lipase, Maltase, and Lactase
11
Q
uni-
A
One
Ex: unicellular = one cell
Pro
12
Q
multi-
A
More than one
Ex: multicellular = many cells “Do”
13
Q
chloro-
A
Green
14
Q
hydro-
A
Water
15
Q
-phobic
A
Fears, doesn’t like
16
Q
-philic
A
Likes,”fan”
17
Q
hyper-
A
More than the normal amount
18
Q
hypo-
A
Less than the normal amount
19
Q
iso-
A
Same amount
20
Q
endo-
A
Into
21
Q
exo-
A
Out
22
Q
Hetero-
A
Different
Ex: heterozygous Aa
23
Q
Homo-
A
Same
Ex: homozygous AA or aa
24
Q
Co-
A
Both
Ex: codominant red flower + white flower= red + white flower
25
Auto-
Does it by itself
Ex: automatic, autotroph
26
Sym-
Together
27
Sis-
Process
Ex: symbiosis, photosynthesis
28
Photo-
Light
Ex: photosynthesis, photograph
29
-troph
Eater
Ex: autotroph, heterotroph
30
chemo-
Chemicals
Ex: chemosynthesis
