Biology prefixes and suffixes

Question 1

bio-

Answer 1

Life

Question 2

ology-

Answer 2

Study of life

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

many, multiple

Question 7

Macro-

Answer 7

big, large

Question 8

Micro-

Answer 8

small, tiny

Question 9

saccharide

Answer 9

sugar

Question 10

-ose

Answer 10

ending for sugars
ex. glucose, lactose, fructose

Question 11

-ase or in

Answer 11

ending for Enzymes
Ex. Lactase, Lipase, Insulin

Question 12

uni-

Answer 12

one
Ex. Unicellular=one cell

Question 13

multi-

Answer 13

multiple, many
Ex. multicellular

Question 14

chloro-

Answer 14

green

Question 15

hydro-

Answer 15

water

Question 16

-phobic

Answer 16

fear, afraid, does not like

Question 17

-philic

Answer 17

does like

Question 18

cyto-

Answer 18

cell

Question 19

hyper-

Answer 19

more than

Question 20

hypo-

Answer 20

less than

Question 21

iso-

Answer 21

same

Question 22

endo-

Answer 22

into

Question 23

exo-

Answer 23

out

Question 24

hetero

Answer 24

different Ex. Aa

Question 25

homo-

Answer 25

same Ex. AA or aa

Question 26

co-

Answer 26

both Ex. red flower + white flower = red + white flower

Question 27

auto-

Answer 27

does it by itself Ex. automatic, autotroph

Question 28

sym-

Answer 28

together

Question 29

sis-

Answer 29

process

Question 30

photo-

Answer 30

light

Question 31

syn-

Answer 31

to make

Question 32

troph

Answer 32

eater Ex. autotroph, heterotroph