Root Words Week #1 Quiz

If the word for "earth" is "geo", what is the study of earth called?

• earthlogy

• geology

• gemology

• geoearth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

How many centimeters are in a meter?

• 10

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100

Tags

CCSS.2.MD.A.2

"E" is a prefix that means "out", so emit means "send out". A lamp emits light. A radio emits sound. A pig emits a squeal. A skunk can emit a bad smell. Which sentence or sentences below correctly uses the word emit?

• The person at the gate wouldn't emit me without a ticket.

• The dog emitted a foul smell after running through the trash.

• Emit helped me figure out my homework problems.

• Dolphins emit bursts of sound to communicate and to locate objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is it called when a doctor writes down directions for a patient?

• purscription

• a note

• prescriptor

• prescription

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

If the word for "life" is "bio", what is the study of life called?

• biology

• lifeology

• biostudy

• biome

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

"Scripture" refers to the Bible and other sacred...

• texts

• writing

• books

• journals

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What does the root scrib/script mean?

• to write

• to draw

• to view

• to scribble

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the root cent mean?

• 100

• ten

• thousand

• hundred

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the root mis/mit mean?

• to miss

• to send

• to transfer

• to mix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What does the suffix -ology mean?

• the list of

• the group of

• life

• the study of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B