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Root Set #3
Root Set #3
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Students use knowledge of word roots to distinguish meanings of words
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What do the roots "scrib" and "scrip" mean?
hear, listen
make
alive, life
write, draw
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What does the word "hydrotherapy" mean?
biological development of the individual
treatment of disease by the scientific use of water
surgical removal of half the brain
a species, a kind, a type
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What does the root "photo" mean?
light
booth
sound
picture
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What do the roots "nov" and "neo" mean?
new
old
month
early
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What does the word "perimeter" mean?
measured distance around a closed plane figure
instrument for measuring distance walked
evil conduct, especially by a public official
a minute organism; germ
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What do the roots "meter" and "metr" mean?
send
yard
know
measure
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What does the word "renovate" mean?
to make like new again
rebirth
existing over a whole area
all-knowing
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What does the root "hydr" mean?
mix
drink
land
water
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What does the word "symphony" mean?
learning by sound
a love of wisdom or knowledge
harmony of sounds
fear of new things
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What does the root "phon" mean?
ear
sound
light
carry
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What does the root "avi" mean?
land
fly
plane
bird
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What does the word "geobios" mean?
life on Mars
circumference of a skull
life on Earth
the study of life
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What does the word "photobiotic" mean?
requiring light to live
requiring sound to live
taking a picture to live
building a booth to live
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What does the root "dict" mean?
say, speak
hear, listen
words
write
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What does the word "malediction" mean?
to lead apart or astray
the science or study of skin disorders
native to a particular place or people
saying bad things about someone
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What do the roots "fec," "fic," and "fac" mean?
fertile
take
make
learn
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What does the word "postscript" mean?
a branch of knowledge
a note added after a piece of writing
set firmly in place; assert; declare
meaningless or illegible writing
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What does the word "defective" mean?
made poorly; faulty; lacking in something
in good faith; genuine
made grandly; strikingly attractive
to bring forward
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What does the root "geo" mean?
science
map
math
earth, ground
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What does the word "aviary" mean?
the study of living things
a self-moving vehicle
an account of one’s life written by oneself
a place for raising birds
