Biology Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Bio-
A
Life
2
Q
-ology
A
Study of
3
Q
Mono-
A
One
4
Q
Di- or Bi-
A
Two
5
Q
Tri-
A
Three
6
Q
Poly-
A
Many; lots
7
Q
Macro-
A
Big; large
8
Q
Micro-
A
Small; tiny
9
Q
Saccharide-
A
Sugar
10
Q
-ose
A
Ending for a sugar
Ex: Glucose, lactose, ect.
11
Q
-Ase
A
Ending for Enzymes
12
Q
Uni-
A
One
Ex. Unicellular = one cell
13
Q
Multi-
A
Multiple, many
Ex. Multicellular
14
Q
Chloro-
A
Green
15
Q
Hydro-
A
Water
16
Q
-Phobic
A
Fears
17
Q
-philic
A
“Fan”, likes
18
Q
Hyper-
A
More than regular amount
19
Q
Hypo-
A
Less than regular amount
20
Q
Iso-
A
Same amount on both sides
21
Q
Endo-
A
Into the cell
22
Q
Exo-
A
Leaving the cell
23
Q
Hetero-
A
DIfferent
Ex. Aa
24
Q
Homo-
A
Same
Ex. AA or Aa
25
Co-
Both
Ex. Red flower + white flower = red + white flower
26
Auto-
Does by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph
27
-troph
Eater
28
Sym-
Together
29
-sis
Process
30
Photo-
Light
31
-syn
To make
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