Biology Prefixes/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

MANY; LOTS

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 SUGAR EX: GLUCOSE, LACTOSE

Question 11

-ASE

Answer 11

ENDING FOR ENZYMES

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

Fears

Question 17

-philic

Answer 17

Fan of something -/- Like it

Question 18

Hyper-

Answer 18

More than regular -/- normal

Question 19

Hypo-

Answer 19

Less than regular -/- normal

Question 20

Iso-

Answer 20

Same amount on both sides

Question 21

Endo-

Answer 21

Into the cell

Question 22

exo-

Answer 22

Out

Question 23

hetero-

Answer 23

Different (Ex. Aa)

Question 24

homo-

Answer 24

Same (Ex. AA / aa)

Question 25

co-

Answer 25

Mixed (Ex. Red flower+ white flower = red + white flower)

Question 26

auto-

Answer 26

Does it by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph

Question 27

-troph

Answer 27

eater

Question 28

sym-

Answer 28

together

Question 29

-sis

Answer 29

Action / process

Question 30

photo-

Answer 30

light

Question 31

-syn

Answer 31

To make