Biology Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Bio-
A
Life
2
Q
-Ology
A
The Study of
3
Q
Mono-
A
One
4
Q
Di- or Bi-
A
Two
5
Q
Tri-
A
Three
6
Q
Poly-
A
Many
7
Q
Macro-
A
Big
8
Q
Micro-
A
Small
9
Q
Saccharide
A
Sugar
10
Q
-Ose
A
Ending for a Sugar
11
Q
-Ase
A
Ending for Enzymes
12
Q
uni-
A
one
13
Q
multi-
A
multiple
14
Q
chloro-
A
green
15
Q
hydro-
A
water
16
Q
-phobic
A
fears
17
Q
-philic
A
likes
18
Q
hyper-
A
more than normal
19
Q
hypo-
A
less than normal
20
Q
iso-
A
same amount on both sides
21
Q
endo-
A
in
22
Q
exo-
A
leaving
23
Q
Hetero-
A
Different(Aa)
24
Q
homo-
A
Same(AA aa)
25
co-
both (Red and white flower)
26
Auto-
does it by itself
27
-troph
eater
28
sym-
together
29
-sis
process
30
photo-
light
31
-syn
to make
32
chemo-
chemicals