use greek and latin affixes and roots relaxing roots
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Relaxing Roots
Skill: L.5.4b
Relaxing RootsUse Greek and Latin affixes and roots
Skill: L.5.4b
Use Greek and Latin affixes and roots
Greek and Latin Rootsaqua (water)bio (life)geo (earth)graph (write)
Make your paper look like the one shown.In each section write a word that contains a Greek or Latin root from the list below.Then draw a sketch to show the word’s meaning.
Answers will vary. Examples are listed below.
aqua (water): aquamarine, aquarium, aquaticbio (life): biodegradable, biography, biology, biologicalgeo (earth): geographical, geography, geologic, geology, geometric, geometrygraph (write): autograph, phonograph, seisomographmeter (measure): thermometer, centimeter, kilometer, millimetermob (move): automobile, immobiletherm (heat): thermometer, thermos, thermostatvac (empty): vacate, vacancy, vacuum
Answer Key
fun fact: The North Pole sits on permanently frozen ocean water—not on land. No one can put a marker on the North Pole because the ice it sits on constantly shifts and drifts. The marker would soon be inaccurate.
meter (measure)mob (move)therm (heat)vac (empty)