Biology Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
BIO-
A
Life
2
Q
-OLOGY
A
Study Of
3
Q
MONO-
A
One
4
Q
BI- or DI-
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 EX; Gluecoast Lactose Etc
11
Q
-ase
A
Ending for Enzymes
12
Q
uni
A
one
13
Q
choloro
A
green
14
Q
hydro
A
water
15
Q
-phobic
A
fears
16
Q
philic
A
“fan”,likes
17
Q
hyper
A
more than regular amount
18
Q
hypo
A
less than regular amount
19
Q
iso
A
same amount on both sides
20
Q
endo
A
in to the south
21
Q
exo
A
leaving the cell
22
Q
hetero
A
differnt (Aa)
23
Q
Homo
A
same (AA,aa)
24
Q
co-
A
both
25
auto
Does it by itself
ex Automatic, autotroph
26
-troph
eater
27
sym-
together
28
sis
process
29
photo-
light
30
-syn
to make
31
chemo-
chemicals
