Biology Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Bio-
A
Life
2
Q
-ology
A
Study Of
3
Q
Mono-
A
One (1)
4
Q
Di- or Bi-
A
Two (2)
5
Q
Tri-
A
Three (3)
6
Q
Poly-
A
Many / Lots
7
Q
Macro-
A
Big / Large
8
Q
Micro-
A
Small / Little / Tiny
9
Q
Saccharide
A
Sugar
10
Q
-ose
A
Ending for Sugar (Ex; Glucose, Lactose…)
11
Q
Uni-
A
One
Ex; Unicellular= One Cell
12
Q
Multi-
A
Multiple, Many
Ex; Multicellular
13
Q
Chloro-
A
Green
14
Q
Hydro-
A
Water
15
Q
-phobic
A
Fears
16
Q
-phillic
A
“Fan of something” or Likes it
17
Q
Hyper-
A
More than the regular amount
18
Q
Hypo-
A
Less than regular amount
19
Q
Iso-
A
The same on both sides
20
Q
Endo-
A
Into the cell
21
Q
Exo-
A
Leaving/Exiting the cell
22
Q
Hetero-
A
Different (Ex; Aa)
23
Q
Homo-
A
Same (Ex; aa, AA)
24
Q
Co-
A
Both (Ex; Red flower + White flower = Red + White flower)
25
Auto-
Does it by itself
26
-troph
Eater
27
Sym-
Together
28
-sis
Process
29
Photo-
Light
30
-syn
To make
31
Chemo-
Chemicals
