Biology Prefixes and suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Bio-
A
Life
2
Q
Ology-
A
Study Of Life
3
Q
Mono-
A
One
4
Q
Di or Bi
A
Two
5
Q
Tri-
A
Three
6
Q
Poly-
A
Multiply Or Many
7
Q
Macro-
A
Big Or Large
8
Q
Marco-
A
Small Or Tiny
9
Q
Saccharide-
A
ending for Sugar
10
Q
Ase-
A
ending for enzymes
11
Q
Uni-
A
one
Ex. unicellular = one cell
12
Q
Multi-
A
More than one
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 the normal amount.
18
Q
Hypo-
A
Less than the normal amount.
19
Q
Iso-
A
The same amount.
20
Q
Endo-
A
Into
21
Q
Exo-
A
Out
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
Red + white
26
Auto-
Does it by itself
Ex. automatic autotroph
27
Sym-
together
28
Sis-
Proccess
Ex symbiosis Photosynthesis
29
Photo-
Light
Ex Photosynthesis photograph
30
Troph-
Eater
Ex Autotroph Heterotroph
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