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

Die- 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

Question 11

-ase

Answer 11

ending for Enzynes 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-

Answer 14

green

Question 15

Hydro-

Answer 15

water

Question 16

phobic-

Answer 16

Fears, doesn’t like

Question 17

philic-

Answer 17

Likes, ‘Fan’

Question 18

Hyper-

Answer 18

More than the normal amount

Question 19

Hypo-

Answer 19

Less than the normal 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

Question 25

homo

Question 26

Co-

Question 27

Auto

Answer 27

Does it all by itsself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph

Question 28

Sym

Answer 28

togeather

Question 29

Sis-

Answer 29

Process
Ex. Symbiosis, photosynthesis

Question 30

Photo-

Answer 30

Light
Ex. photosynthesis, photograph

Question 31

-troph

Answer 31

Eater
Ex. Autotroph, Heterotroph

Question 32

chem-

Answer 32

Chemicals
Ex. chemosyntheis