Greek and Latin Roots and Meanings 1 + Fluency

Match the following Greek roots with their meanings

• star

• bio

• heat

• therm

• geo

• logy

• small

• micro

• life

• astro

Match the correct words that use the matching Greek root.

Groups:

(a) bio

,

(b) geo

,

(c) micro

,

(d) therm

• symbiosis

• antibiotic

• geomorphic

• geometry

• aerogeologist

• biology

• microbe

• microcomputer

• thermodynamic

• endothermic

• thermostat

• microchip

• biodiversity

• thermometer

• biosphere

• microorganism

• thermos

• geopolitics

• geography

• microscope

Match the following Greek root with its meaning

• writing

• tel

• time

• chron

• distance

• psych

• written

• graph

• mind

• gram

Match the following Latin root with its meaning.

• 1 hundred

• cent

• many

• multi

• moving

• spect

• look

• circum

• around

• mobile

Match the following Latin roots with words to match

Groups:

(a) cent

,

(b) circum

,

(c) multi

,

(d) mobile

• multidimensional

• centiped

• airmobile

• centurion

• centimeter

• immobile

• century

• circumvent

• circumnavigate

• automobile

• multicolored

• mulitfarious

• circumference

• mobilization

• percent

• curcuit

• circumstance

• multiverse

• multiply

• mobility

Categorize the words to Latin or Greek using the root words to help you.

Groups:

(a) Latin

,

(b) Greek

• er

• geo

• pro

• path

• able

• spsect

• multi

• micro

• auto

• port

• logy

• therm

The next few questions are on your reading of Treasure Hunting.

Where was the treasure found? Select 2

• Hissarlik

• Ancient Troy

• The Ground

• In a tomb

Which two words mean the same as found?

• discovered

• collection

• unearthed

• Ancient Troy

How does the layout of the passage help the reader?

Do you think this treasure proves the existence of Troy? Why or why not?

This is a small paragraph. Put your position and explain why using evidence.