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Latin Roots4 Flashcards

1
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4 footed
3 footed

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Pod, ped = foot
Tetrapod
Tripod

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2
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More than 2 sets of chromosomes
Many proteins

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Poly = many
Polyploid
Polypeptide

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3
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Towards the back
After death

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Post = after
Posterior
Post mortem

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4
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Front of body cavity
Before history (Dinosaurs)
Doing things before (they happen)

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Pro, pre =
Procoelous
Prehistoric
Proactive

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First animals
First version

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Proto = first
Protozoan
Prototype

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False foot
False teeth (dentures)

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Pseudo = false
Pseudopod
Pseudodont

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2 wings
Straight wing

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Pter = wing
Diptera
Orthoptera

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Flowing poop
Runny nose

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Rhea, rrhea = flow, discharge
Diarrhea
Rhinorrhea

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9
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Root
Structure of a root

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Rhiz = root, shape
Rhizome
Rhizomorph

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Dead plants
Love dead things
Eat dead things (fungi do that)

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Sapro = dead, decaying
Saprophyte
Saprophilic
Saprotrophic

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Dead plants
Love dead things
Eat dead things (fungi do that)

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Sapro = dead, decaying
Saprophyte
Saprophilic
Saprotrophic

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Hard section of the eye
Hard foot
Hard-headed

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Scler = hard
Sclera
Sclerapod
Sclerecephalic

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Wall in your heart or nostrils (piercing)

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Sept = wall
Septum

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Body tissue
Body cell
Body particle

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Soma = body
Somatic tissue
Somatocyte
Somatoplast

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Naked seed
Covered seed

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Sperm = seed
Gymnosperm
Angiosperm

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16
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Spore plant (ferns)

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Sporo = spore
Sporophyte

17
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Opening in a leaf
Opening in a leaf (plural)

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Stom = opening, mouth
Stoma
Stomata

18
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Living together

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Sym, syn = together, with
Symbiosis

19
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Water movement
Earth movement

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Taxis = movement
Hydrotaxis
Geotaxis

20
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4 feet
4 heads

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Tetra = four
Tetrapod
Tetracephalic

21
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3 feet
3 muscles (ceps)
3 sets of chromosomes

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Tri = three
Tripod
Triceps
Triploid

22
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Feed yourself
Hunt for food
Eats dead things

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Troph = nourishment, growth
Autotrophic
Heterotrophic
Saprotrophic

23
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Heart veins
Vein tissue
Stomach veins

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Vascul = tube, vessel
Cardiovascular
Vascular tissue
Gastrovascular

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Live young

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Viv, vivo = living
Viviparous

25
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Insect eater
Meat eater
Plant eater

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Vore = to devour/eat
Insectivore
Carnivore
Herbivore

26
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Study of animals
Animal-like plankton

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Zo, zoo, zoa = animal
Zoology
Zooplankton

27
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First united cell
United shape (symmetry)

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Zyg = united, together
Zygote
Zygomorphous

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