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
-ose
A
ending for sugar.
ex. glucose, lactose,fructose
11
Q
uni-
A
one
ex. unicellular cell=one cell
12
Q
multi-
A
more than one
ex. multicellular= many cells
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 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 of
22
Q
cyto-
A
cell
23
Q
hetero-
A
Different Ex. heterozygous Aa
24
Q
homo-
A
Same Ex. homozygous AA or aa
25
co-
both ex. codominant
red flower + white flower= red+white flower
26
auto-
does it by itself e. automatic, autotroph
27
sym-
together
28
sis-
process ex. symbiosos, photosynthesis
29
photo-
light
ex. photosynthesis
30
-troph
eater
ex. autotroph, heterotroph
31
chem
chemicals
ex. chemosynthesis
