Column 5 Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes

Question 1

oo-

Answer 1

egg

Question 2

opthalm-

Answer 2

eye

Question 3

opt-

Answer 3

eye

Question 4

orb-

Answer 4

circle, round, ring

Question 5

-orium, -ory

Answer 5

place for something

Question 6

ornith-

Answer 6

bird

Question 7

orth-

Answer 7

straight, correct, right

Question 8

oscu-

Answer 8

mouth

Question 9

-osis

Answer 9

abnormal condition

Question 10

oste-

Answer 10

bone

Question 11

oto-

Answer 11

ear

Question 12

-ous

Answer 12

full of

Question 13

ov-

Answer 13

egg

Question 14

oxy-

Answer 14

sharp, acid, oxygen

Question 15

pachy-

Answer 15

thick

Question 16

paleo-

Answer 16

old, ancient

Question 17

palm-

Answer 17

broad, flat

Question 18

pan-

Answer 18

all

Question 19

par-, para-

Answer 19

beside, near, equal

Question 20

path-, -pathy

Answer 20

disease, suffering

Question 21

-ped-

Answer 21

foot

Question 22

-ped-

Answer 22

child

Question 23

pent-

Answer 23

five

Question 24

per-

Answer 24

through

Question 25

peri-

Answer 25

around

Question 26

permea-

Answer 26

pass, go

Question 27

phag-

Answer 27

eat

Question 28

pheno-

Answer 28

show

Question 29

-phil-

Answer 29

loving, fond of

Question 30

phon-, -phone

Answer 30

sound

Question 31

pher-, -phore

Answer 31

bear, carry

Question 32

photo-

Answer 32

light

Question 33

phren-

Answer 33

mind, diaphragm

Question 34

phyc-

Answer 34

seaweed, algae

Question 35

phyl-

Answer 35

related group

Question 36

-phyll

Answer 36

leaf

Question 37

physic-

Answer 37

nature, natural qualities

Question 38

phyt-, -phyte-

Answer 38

plant

Question 39

pino-

Answer 39

drink

Question 40

pinni-

Answer 40

feather

Question 41

plan-

Answer 41

roaming, wandering

Question 42

plasm-, -plast-

Answer 42

form, formed into

Question 43

platy-

Answer 43

flat

Question 44

pleur-

Answer 44

lung, rib, side

Question 45

pneumo-

Answer 45

lungs, air

Question 46

-pod

Answer 46

foot

Question 47

ply-

Answer 47

many, several

Question 48

por-

Answer 48

opening

Question 49

port-

Answer 49

carry

Question 50

post-

Answer 50

after, behind

Question 51

pom

Answer 51

fruit

Question 52

pre-

Answer 52

before, ahead of time

Question 53

prim-

Answer 53

first

Question 54

pro-

Answer 54

forward, favoring, before

Question 55

proto-

Answer 55

first, primary

Question 56

pseudo-

Answer 56

false, deceptive

Question 57

psych

Answer 57

mind

Question 58

pter-

Answer 58

having wings or fins

Question 59

pulmo-

Answer 59

lung

Question 60

puls-

Answer 60

drive, push

Question 61

pyr-

Answer 61

heat, fire

Question 62

quadr-

Answer 62

four

Question 63

quin-

Answer 63

five

Question 64

radi-

Answer 64

ray

Question 65

re-

Answer 65

again, back

Question 66

rect-

Answer 66

right, correct

Question 67

ren-

Answer 67

kidney

Question 68

ret-

Answer 68

net, made like a net

Question 69

rhag-, -rrhage

Answer 69

burst forth

Question 70

rhe-, rrhea-

Answer 70

flow

Question 71

rhin-

Answer 71

nose

Question 72

rhiz-

Answer 72

root

Question 73

rhodo-

Answer 73

rose

Question 74

roto-

Answer 74

wheel

Question 75

rubr-

Answer 75

red

Question 76

sacchar-

Answer 76

sugar

Question 77

sapr-

Answer 77

rotten

Question 78

sarc-

Answer 78

flesh