Greek Roots 5

Question 1

earth or ground

Answer 1

geo/gee

Question 2

center of the earth; measured from the earth’s center

Answer 2

geocentric

Question 3

pertaining to geody (mathematics dealing with the earth’s shape and dimensions)

Answer 3

geodetic

Question 4

recording of the earth; study of earth’s surface, climate, continents, people, products, etc

Answer 4

geography

Question 5

measuring of the earth, mathematics dealing with lines, angles, surfaces, and solids

Answer 5

geometry

Question 6

earth forms; pertaining to the the shape of earth from its surface

Answer 6

geomorphic

Question 7

science treat if the forces that modify the earth

Answer 7

geophysics

Question 8

study of the government and it’s politics as affected by physical geography

Answer 8

geopolitics

Question 9

art or science of agriculture

Answer 9

geoponics

Question 10

1. agriculture

2. poem or husbandry (forming)

Answer 10

georgic

Question 11

response to earth’s gravity as the growing of roots documented on the ground

Answer 11

geotropism

Question 12

farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a satellite

Answer 12

apogee

Question 13

nearest point to the earth in the orbit of a satellite

Answer 13

perigee

Question 14

feeling; suffering disease

Answer 14

path

Question 15

aversion (feeling against) dislike

Answer 15

antipathy

Question 16

have gone through it; complete understanding of someone’s feelings

Answer 16

empathy

Question 17

arousing pity

Answer 17

pathetic

Question 18

quality in speech, writing, music, events, etc.; arouse a feeling such as pity or sadness

Answer 18

pathos

Question 19

sharing of (“feeling with”) author’s trouble; comparison

Answer 19

sympathy

Question 20

transfer of thoughts and feelings of one person to another by no apparent reasons of communication

Answer 20

telepathy