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
Multiple/Many
7
Q
Macro-
A
Big/Large
8
Q
Micro-
A
Small/Tiny
9
Q
Saccharide-
A
Sugar
10
Q
-ase
A
ending for enzymes
ex.lipase,maltase,lactace
11
Q
uni
A
one
ex. unicellular=one cell
12
Q
multi-
A
more than one
ex. multicellular=many cells
13
Q
chloro-
A
green
14
Q
hydro-
A
water
15
Q
phobic-
A
fear,dosent like
16
Q
philic-
A
likes, fan
17
Q
hyper-
A
more than normal amount
18
Q
hypo-
A
less than normal amount
19
Q
iso-
A
same amount
20
Q
endo-
A
into
21
Q
exo-
A
out
22
Q
cyto-
A
cell
23
Q
hetero-
A
different, ex heterozygous Aa
24
Q
homo-
A
same, Ex homozygous AA or aa
25
co-
Both ,ex codominant Red flower +white flower= Red + white flower
26
Auto-
Does it by itself Ex automatic, autotroph
27
sym-
together
28
sis-
process
Ex symbiosis, photosynthesis
29
photo-
light
ex photosynthesis, photograph
30
troph-
Eater
ex autotroph, heterotroph
31
chemo-
chemicals
ex chemosynthesis
