Question

directions: use the key to help you locate & color the roots and affixes that have a specific meaning and reveal the hidden picture.

key (crayon labels with meanings):

• study of, word (purple (5))
• see (yellow (4))
• full of; possessing (light blue (10))
• without (orange (9))
• sound (pink (6))
• one who does (white (1))
• across, through (green (9))
• not (dark blue (5))

word grid (words to analyze): mysterious, irregular, nervous, impossible, courageous, fabulous, spontaneous, delicious, transplant, victorious, nonsense, curious, flawless, effortless, priceless, precious, transcontinental, diameter, useless, visual, endless, evidence, unhappy, disoriented, diagonal, transport, translate, diver, phonics, sonar, revision, supervisor, weightless, diagnose, transatlantic, diagram, generous, limitless, helpless, fearless, geology, astrology, telephone, biology, symphony, logical, zoology, microphone, megaphone

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each word's root/affix:

• "diver": "diver" has the suffix "-er" (one who does), so color with white (1).
• "phonics", "sonar", "telephone", "symphony", "microphone", "megaphone": relate to "sound", so color with pink (6).
• "visual", "diagnose", "diagram", "revision": relate to "see", so color with yellow (4).
• "geology", "biology", "astrology", "zoology", "logical": relate to "study of, word", so color with purple (5).
• "irregular", "impossible", "disoriented", "unhappy": relate to "not", so color with dark blue (5).
• "effortless", "useless", "endless", "weightless", "limitless", "helpless", "fearless": relate to "without", so color with orange (9).
• "transplant", "transcontinental", "transport", "translate", "transatlantic", "diameter", "diagonal": relate to "across, through", so color with green (9).
• "mysterious", "fabulous", "spontaneous", "nervous", "delicious", "priceless", "precious", "victorious", "generous": relate to "full of; possessing", so color with light blue (10).

Answer:

Follow the color - meaning key:

• "one who does" (white, 1): diver
• "sound" (pink, 6): phonics, sonar, telephone, symphony, microphone, megaphone
• "see" (yellow, 4): visual, diagnose, diagram, revision
• "study of, word" (purple, 5): geology, biology, astrology, zoology, logical
• "not" (dark blue, 5): irregular, impossible, disoriented, unhappy
• "without" (orange, 9): effortless, useless, endless, weightless, limitless, helpless, fearless
• "across, through" (green, 9): transplant, transcontinental, transport, translate, transatlantic, diameter, diagonal
• "full of; possessing" (light blue, 10): mysterious, fabulous, spontaneous, nervous, delicious, priceless, precious, victorious, generous