Important Greek Morpheme in Biology (unit 2)

Question 1

nucleus

Answer 1

kary/cary

Question 2

eukaryote (“eucaryote”)

eu?
ote?

Answer 2

eu = good/well/”genuine”

ote = ex. of a taxonomic group whose name ends in ota

Question 3

marriage

Answer 3

gam

Question 4

occurs when two nuclei merge into one, as when the nucleus of a sperm merges with a that of an egg

Answer 4

karyogamy

Question 5

is a latin word meaning “kernel,” the inner part of a nut

Answer 5

nucleus

Question 6

when the cytoplasm of two reproductive cells merge

Answer 6

plasmogamy

Question 7

in some fungi, the cytoplasm of the two reproductive cells merge together before their nuclei undergo karyogamy

Answer 7

dikaryotic

Question 8

bring forth, bear, grow

Answer 8

phy

Question 9

φυλov, 1. _______ where the ov is 2. ______

Answer 9

1. phylum

2. thing

Question 10

two

Answer 10

δι

Question 11

tooth

Answer 11

οδοντ

Question 12

has two sets of teeth

Answer 12

diphyodont

Question 13

plant

Answer 13

phyto-
and
-phyte

Question 14

wander

Answer 14

plankt

Question 15

-ov (eng trans to -on)

Answer 15

thing

Question 16

phytoplankton

Answer 16

plant, wander, thing (algae)

Question 17

on, against

Answer 17

επι- (there’s an open stress on the e)

Question 18

a plant that grows on against or on other plants (like moss)

Answer 18

epiphyte

Question 19

new

Answer 19

neo

Question 20

a new plant

Answer 20

neophyte

Question 21

φύσις

Answer 21

Gr. nature

Question 22

natura

Answer 22

L. nature

Question 23

birth

Answer 23

nat

Question 24

a taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class.

Answer 24

taxon

Question 25

arrange in order

Answer 25

tax, tact

Question 26

a suffix that indicates a division or unit

Answer 26

on

Question 27

1. syntax

2. neutron

Answer 27

1. words arranged in order

2. a unit (neutral)

Question 28

a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, according to the principles of cladistics

Answer 28

clade, Gr.

Question 29

branch

Answer 29

clad

Question 30

a system of classification based on the presumed phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms

Answer 30

cladistics

Question 31

a drawing of branches of life

Answer 31

cladogram

Question 32

study or description of the tribal or familial relations of living things

Answer 32

phylogeny

Question 33

= phylogeny

Answer 33

phylogenesis

Question 34

adjective of phylogeny

Answer 34

phylogenetic

Question 35

a division into more than two branches

Answer 35

polytomy

Question 36

to cut (up(cut))

Answer 36

anatomy

Question 37

not(a) divisible

Answer 37

atom

Question 38

to cut (in two(dicho))

Answer 38

dichotomy