Trans Practice

The prefix trans means...

• across or beyond

• in

• between or among

• before or earlier

Which word names part of the plant growth cycle in which moisture escapes through the leaves of plants?

• Transfer
• Transporting
• Transpiration
• Transcribing

I am cutting the pizza from one side to the next. What is this an example of?

• Transcribe
• Transport
• Translate
• Transect

Which is the correct definition of transcontinental?

• the process of giving off moisture through the surface of leaves and plants

• to move from one place to another

• across a continent

• to cut through language barriers by changing one language into another

Which is the correct definition of transcribe?

• the process of writing down words from another form of communication or writing translated words

• perfectly clear

• across a continent

• to cut through language barriers by changing one language into another

Answer explanation

Remember, the affix SCRIBE means to write, so tranSCRIBE means that you are writing across languages or changing another form of communication, such as speaking, to a written form.

Which is the correct definition of transect?

• the process of writing down words from another form of communication or writing translated words

• to cut across or divide by cutting

• across a continent

• to carry from one place to another

Which is the correct definition of transfer?

• the process of writing down words from another form of communication or writing translated words

• to cut across or divide by cutting

• across a continent

• to carry from one place to another

Which is the correct definition of translate

• to cross the Atlantic Ocean

• to cut across or divide by cutting

• cut across a language barrier by changing one language to another

• to carry from one place to another

Which is the correct definition of translucent?

• light can pass through, but you cannot see through it perfectly

• to cut across or divide by cutting

• cut across a language barrier by changing one language to another

• to carry from one place to another

Which is the correct definition of transparent?

• light can pass through, but you cannot see through it perfectly

• to cut across or divide by cutting

• light passes through something that is perfectly clear, you can see what is on the other side

• to carry from one place to another