Chapter 13

Question 1

heno-

Answer 1

one

Question 2

dy-

Answer 2

two

Question 3

ennea-

Answer 3

nine

Question 4

dec- or dek-

Answer 4

10

Question 5

hendeco-

Answer 5

11

Question 6

dodeko

Answer 6

12

Question 7

hecto-

Answer 7

hundred

Question 8

kilo-

Answer 8

thousand

Question 9

arithmet

Answer 9

number

Question 10

dicho-

Answer 10

in two

Question 11

di-

Answer 11

twice

Question 12

gon-

Answer 12

angle

Question 13

hemi-

Answer 13

half

Question 14

macr-

Answer 14

larg

Question 15

metr-

Answer 15

measure

Question 16

micr-

Answer 16

small

Question 17

mono-

Answer 17

single, one

Question 18

nano

Answer 18

very small, one billionth

Question 19

pan-

Answer 19

all

Question 20

poly-

Answer 20

many

Question 21

proto-

Answer 21

first or original

Question 22

monocle

Answer 22

a single eyeglass

Question 23

hemiplegia

Answer 23

paralysis on one side of the body

Question 24

diplopia

Answer 24

double vision

Question 25

pentadactyl

Answer 25

having 5 fingers or toes

Question 26

heptameter

Answer 26

a verse of 7 metrical feet

Question 27

hectolitre

Answer 27

metric unit of 100 litres

Question 28

octamerous

Answer 28

having 8 parts

Question 29

monopolize

Answer 29

obtain exclusive control of something

Question 30

tetrad

Answer 30

a group of four

Question 31

polygyny

Answer 31

polygamy in which a man has more than one wife

Question 32

dichotomy

Answer 32

a diversion/contrast between two things that are represented as being entirely different

Question 33

pentathlon

Answer 33

contest featuring 5 events

Question 34

micropaleontology

Answer 34

the study of microscopic remains(fossils) of animals, plants, protists

Question 35

panchromatic

Answer 35

sensitive to all visible colours of the spectrum

Question 36

myriad

Answer 36

countless or extremely great (or a unit of 10 000)

Question 37

odometer

Answer 37

measures the distance travelled

Question 38

macroscopic

Answer 38

visible to the naked eye

Question 39

series of four books

Answer 39

tetralogy

Question 40

protagonist

Answer 40

leader

Question 41

nanobiotechnology

Answer 41

the study of living cells at a molecular level

Question 42

the metric system

Answer 42

French Academy of Sciences create a standard system, including a metre (so called from Greek, metron) which was originally dfined as ‘equal to 1 ten millionth of the length of the arc from the equator to the north pole” but now defined in terms of speed of light. Greek numbers indicate multiples (deka, hecto, kil) while Latin represent factions (deci 1/10, centi 1/100, mili 1/1000)