Prefix/suffix

Question 1

cephalo

Answer 1

head

Question 2

cephalothorax

Answer 2

the fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods.

Question 3

chloro

Answer 3

green

Question 4

chloroplast

Answer 4

an organelle that contains the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll that captures sunlight and converts it into useful energy, thereby, releasing oxygen from water.

Question 5

chromo

Answer 5

color

Question 6

chromatography

Answer 6

a process for separating components of a mixture.

Question 7

cide

Answer 7

kill

Question 8

bactericide

Answer 8

a substance which kills bacteria

Question 9

coel

Answer 9

cavity

Question 10

coelom

Answer 10

the body cavity in metazoans, in between the intestinal canal and the body wall.

Question 11

com, con

Answer 11

with

Question 12

community

Answer 12

a group of people living in a particular place

Question 13

cyst

Answer 13

capsule

Question 14

nematocyst

Answer 14

a cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other aquatic invertebrate, which has a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be used in self-defense or to capture prey.

Question 15

cyto, cyte

Answer 15

cell

Question 16

leukocyte

Answer 16

a cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids and plays a part in counteracting foreign substances and disease; a white blood cell.

Question 17

decid

Answer 17

to cut off

Question 18

deciduous

Answer 18

shedding its leaves annually.

Question 19

dendr

Answer 19

Tree

Question 20

dendrite

Answer 20

a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.

Question 21

derm

Answer 21

skin

Question 22

endoderm

Answer 22

the inner layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, or the parts derived from that

Question 23

dent, dont

Answer 23

tooth

Question 24

denture

Answer 24

emovable oral appliances that replace missing teeth

Question 25

orthodontist

Answer 25

where doctors work on teeth

Question 26

di

Answer 26

two

Question 27

diatomic

Answer 27

consisting of two atoms.

Question 28

dis, dys

Answer 28

ill or bad

Question 29

disease

Answer 29

a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, mainly one that has a known cause and a group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes.

Question 30

eco

Answer 30

habitat or household

Question 31

ecology

Answer 31

the part of biology that works with the organisms relations to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Question 32

ecto

Answer 32

outer

Question 33

ectoderm

Answer 33

the outer layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, or the parts derived from that

Question 34

emia

Answer 34

blood

Question 35

anemia

Answer 35

a condition of not having enough good red blood cells to carry oxygen to the body’s tissues.

Question 36

endo

Answer 36

inner

Question 37

endoderm

Answer 37

the inner layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development, or the parts derived from that

Question 38

epi

Answer 38

on, at, or beside

Question 39

epidermis

Answer 39

the surface epithelium of the skin, overlying the dermis.

Question 40

erythro

Answer 40

red

Question 41

erythrocyte

Answer 41

a red blood cell in humans which is most of the time a biconcave disc without a nucleus.