Sect Root Word Practice

The highway was closed due to an accident at the __________ where two major roads cross.

• insect

• intersection

• bisect

In science class, we used a scalpel to carefully __________ the frog and study its organs.

• dissect

• transect

• section

A spider is not an __________ because it has eight legs instead of six.

• transect

• insect

• intersection

The teacher asked us to read the first __________ of the article before answering questions.

• sectional

• section

• bisect

A couch that comes apart into separate pieces is called a __________ sofa.

• sectional

• bisect

• sector

The scientist used a special tool to __________ the sample into three equal parts.

• bisect

• trisect

• dissect

The worker had to __________ the large field by cutting a straight path through it.

• section

• transect

• insect

If you __________ a line, you divide it into two equal parts.

• bisect

• sectional

• dissect

Each __________ of the city is responsible for its own trash collection.

• sector

• insect

• sectional

The carpenter needed to __________ the board into three equal parts for the project.

• trisect

• dissect

• transect