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 for sugar.
ex. glucose, lactose,fructose

Question 11

uni-

Answer 11

one
ex. unicellular cell=one cell

Question 12

multi-

Answer 12

more than one
ex. multicellular= many cells

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 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 of

Question 22

cyto-

Answer 22

cell

Question 23

hetero-

Answer 23

Different Ex. heterozygous Aa

Question 24

homo-

Answer 24

Same Ex. homozygous AA or aa

Question 25

co-

Answer 25

both ex. codominant
red flower + white flower= red+white flower

Question 26

auto-

Answer 26

does it by itself e. automatic, autotroph

Question 27

sym-

Answer 27

together

Question 28

sis-

Answer 28

process ex. symbiosos, photosynthesis

Question 29

photo-

Answer 29

light
ex. photosynthesis

Question 30

-troph

Answer 30

eater
ex. autotroph, heterotroph

Question 31

chem

Answer 31

chemicals
ex. chemosynthesis