ELA 8, Vocabulary, "Bio" Root

Question 0

Autobiography

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(n) a piece of writing written by a person about his or her life

Question 1

Antibiotic

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(n) a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmul bacteria and cures infections

Question 2

Biography

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(n) a piece of writing about a person’s life written by someone else

Question 3

Biologist

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(n) a person who studies living things

Question 4

Biology

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(n) the study of living things

Question 5

Biopsy

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(n) the removal of living tissue from the body for a diagnostic examination

Question 6

Biosphere

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(n) the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere)

Question 7

Macrobiotic diet

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(n) a diet thought to help people live longer because it focuses on natural foods

Question 8

Nuerobiology

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(n) the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the livings things earn and react

Question 9

Symbiosis

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(n) how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other