Chapter 10 Practice

Question 1

Give the meaning of: multiciliate

Answer 1

having many eyelashes or eyelash like hairs

Question 2

Give the meaning of: egocentric

Answer 2

self centered, self absorbed

Question 3

Give the meaning of: primeval

Answer 3

primitive, relating to the first time period of history

Question 4

Give the meaning of: febrifuge

Answer 4

a substance used to drive away a fever

Question 5

Give the meaning of: exfoliate

Answer 5

to come off or take off in thin, leaf like layers

Question 6

Give the meaning of: lamelliform

Answer 6

having the shape of a small, thin plate

Question 7

Give the meaning of: pluriseptate

Answer 7

having several partitions

Question 8

Give the meaning of: herbicide

Answer 8

a chemical agent that is toxic to plants

Question 9

Give the meaning of: unciform

Answer 9

shaped like a hook

Question 10

Give the meaning of: equinox

Answer 10

a day in which the duration of nighttime is equal to that of daytime

Question 11

Give the term for: the murder of one’s mother

Answer 11

matricide

Question 12

Give the term for: having many nodes

Answer 12

multinodal

Question 13

Give the term for: shaped like a wing

Answer 13

aliform

Question 14

Give the term for: the process of making something bigger

Answer 14

magnification

Question 15

Give the term for: center seeking

Answer 15

centripetal

Question 16

Give the term for: having to do with the Middle Ages

Answer 16

medieval

Question 17

Give the term for: having many leaves

Answer 17

plurifoliate

Question 18

Give the term for: having different forms or shapes

Answer 18

variform

Question 19

Give the term for: unspotted, unblemished

Answer 19

immaculate

Question 20

Give the term for: second to last, almost last

Answer 20

penultimate

Question 21

Fill in the blank: voc- related to the voice

Answer 21

vocal

Question 22

Fill in the blank: calci- a substance used to remove calcium deposits

Answer 22

calcifuge

Question 23

Fill in the blank: long- long life or duration

Answer 23

longevity

Question 24

Fill in the blank: multi- having many little points or spikes

Answer 24

multispicular

Question 25

Fill in the blank: villi- shaped like hairs

Answer 25

villiform

Question 26

Fill in the blank: -umbra a partially shaded or almost shaded area

Answer 26

penumbra

Question 27

Fill in the blank: -potent capable of growing into more than one type of cell

Answer 27

pluripotent

Question 28

Fill in the blank: -ion a request or prayer

Answer 28

petition

Question 29

Fill in the blank: -colored having different colors

Answer 29

varicolored

Question 30

Fill in the blank: -ella a little device for creating shade

Answer 30

umbrella