Question

suffix, meaning, example
-phobic, hate, claustrophobic
-phyll, leaf, microsporophyll
-plasm-, -plast, form, formed into, ectoplasm
-sis, -ous, condition, state, diagnosis
-stasis, standing, placed, staying, hemostasis
-synthesis, put together, photosynthesis
-troph, food, autotroph
-vor, eat, carnivore
practice
use the charts provided to predict the correct term for each definition below.

1. the study of life. biology
2. two sugars cellulose
3. a self - feeding organism
4. the destruction of water (chemically)
5. a water - loving substance
6. green pigment found in plant leaves
7. a plant eating organism
8. the study of cells
9. staying in the same place
10. an enzyme that synthesizes many long chains of polymers
11. the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods
12. one cell, single - celled
13. composed of many sugar molecules
14. the destruction of the cell
15. contains a true nucleus
16. the state of being outside the cell
17. large molecules
18. having two different alleles
19. different varieties of life
20. the study of one’s origins

Explanation:

1. "bio -" means life, so the study of life is biology.
2. No relevant prefix/suffix in given list for "two sugars", cellulose is a polysaccharide but not directly from given suffixes for "two sugars".
3. "auto -" means self and "-troph" means food, so a self - feeding organism is autotroph.
4. No direct match in given suffixes for "destruction of water chemically".
5. "hydro -" (not in given list but common) means water, and substances that love water are hydrophilic.
6. "chloro -" means green and "phyll" means leaf, so green pigment in plant leaves is chlorophyll.
7. "herbi -" (not in given list but common) means plant and "-vor" means eat, so a plant - eating organism is herbivore.
8. "cyto -" means cell, so the study of cells is cytology.
9. "stasis" means standing, placed, staying, so staying in the same place can be described as stasis.
10. "poly -" means many and "synthesis" means put together, so an enzyme that synthesizes many long chains of polymers could be polymerase.
11. "photo -" means light and "synthesis" means put together, so the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods is photosynthesis.
12. "uni -" (not in given list but common) means one, and "cell" is cell, so one - celled or single - celled can be unicellular.
13. "poly -" means many and sugar molecules can be referred to in relation to carbohydrates, so composed of many sugar molecules is polysaccharide.
14. "lysis" (not in given list but common) means destruction, so the destruction of the cell is cell lysis.
15. "eu -" means true and "karyo -" means nucleus (not in given list but common), so contains a true nucleus is eukaryotic.
16. "extra -" (not in given list but common) means outside, and "cell" is cell, so the state of being outside the cell is extracellular.
17. "macro -" (not in given list but common) means large, and molecules are molecules, so large molecules can be macromolecules.
18. "hetero -" means different and "allele" is allele, so having two different alleles is heterozygous.
19. "bio -" means life and "diversity" means variety, so different varieties of life is biodiversity.
20. "auto -" means self and "genesis" (not in given list but common) means origin, so the study of one’s origins is autogeny.

Answer:

1. biology
2. (no clear answer from given suffixes)
3. autotroph
4. (no clear answer from given suffixes)
5. hydrophilic
6. chlorophyll
7. herbivore
8. cytology
9. stasis
10. polymerase
11. photosynthesis
12. unicellular
13. polysaccharide
14. cell lysis
15. eukaryotic
16. extracellular
17. macromolecules
18. heterozygous
19. biodiversity
20. autogeny