Mod 6 Wk 2 Morphology Quiz

Create a new word using the prefix "micro-" and explain its meaning.

• Microphone: a device to make small sounds louder

• Microbiology: the study of tiny organisms

• Microscope: an instrument to see tiny objects

• Microchip: a small piece of technology used in computers

Which of the following words uses the prefix "super-" correctly, and what does it mean?

• Supermarket: a market that is beyond normal size

• Superhero: a person who is tiny

• Superimpose: to place something tiny over another

• Superficial: something that is tiny

Using the suffix "-logy," create a word that means "the study of the earth" and explain its meaning.

• Geology: the study of the earth

• Biology: the study of life

• Zoology: the study of animals

• Ecology: the study of ecosystems

Choose the word that correctly uses the suffix "-ous" and explain its meaning.

• Joyous: full of joy

• Dangerous: full of safety

• Curious: full of knowledge

• Glorious: full of darkness

Which word correctly uses the root "fer" and what does it mean?

• Transfer: to carry or bring from one place to another

• Refer: to see something

• Infer: to study something

• Prefer: to be full of something

Create a word using the suffix "-logist" and explain its meaning.

• Biologist: one who studies life

• Technologist: one who studies tiny organisms

• Psychologist: one who studies earth

• Meteorologist: one who studies animals

Which word uses the root "vis" correctly, and what does it mean?

• Visible: able to be seen

• Visionary: full of sound

• Visit: to study something

• Visualize: to carry something

Using the prefix "geo-," create a word and explain its meaning.

• Geography: the study of the earth's surface

• Geometry: the study of tiny organisms

• Geology: the study of sound

• Geocentric: the study of life

Which word uses the prefix "pre-" correctly, and what does it mean?

• Preview: to see something before it is shown

• Preheat: to cool something before use

• Prehistoric: to study something after it happened

• Prejudge: to judge something after knowing it

Create a word using the root "bene" and explain its meaning.

• Beneficial: good or helpful

• Benevolent: full of harm

• Benign: tiny or small

• Benefit: to see something