Name: ____________________________________

The Language of Science The main reason students find it difficult to understand science is because of all the hard to write, spell and read words. Actually, scientific vocabulary is a hodge podge of little words that are linked together to have different meanings. If you learn the meanings of the little words, you'll find scientific vocabulary much easier to understand. Use this list to guess the meaning of each of the terms. Word

Meaning

Word

Meaning

a or an

not, without, lacking

hemo

blood

auto

self

hyper

above

aero

air

hypo

below

endo

inner, inside

intra

within, inside

entero

intestine

itis

disease, inflammation

aero

needing oxygen or air

lateral

side

anti

against

logy

study of

amphi

both, doubly

lys

break down

aqua

water

meter

measurement

arthro

joint

meso

middle

auto

self

mono

one, single

bi

two, twice, double

morph

form

bio

life, living

micro

small

carne

flesh

macro

large

cephal

head

multi

many

chloro

green

pod

foot

chromo

color

phage

to eat

cide

killer, kill, killing

phobia

dislike, fear

cyto

cell

philia

like

derm

skin

plasm

form

di

two, double

proto

first

ecto (exo)

outer, external

photo

light

endo

internal

poly

many

epi

above

sclera

harden

gastro

stomach

synthesis

to make

genesis

origin, beginning

sub

lesser, below

herba

plants

troph

eat, consume

hetero

different

therm

heat

homo

alike, similar

vore

swallow, devour

hydro

water

zoo, zoa

animal

1. Hydrology ________________________________________________ 2. Cytology _________________________________________________ 3. Protozoa ________________________________________________ 4. Epidermis _______________________________________________ 5. Spermatogenesis __________________________________________ 6. Cytoskeleton ______________________________________________ 7. Abiotic __________________________________________________ 8. Dermatitis _______________________________________________

What scientific words can you create or think of from the list? (Come up with at least 4)

9. Hypodermic _____________________________________________

_________________________________

10. Hemophilia _____________________________________________

_________________________________

11. Endocytosis ____________________________________________

_________________________________

12. Insecticide _____________________________________________

_________________________________

13. Anaerobic _____________________________________________

_________________________________

14. Bilateral _______________________________________________

_________________________________

15. Endotherm _____________________________________________ 16. Subspecies ____________________________________________

 

17. Arthropod _____________________________________________ 18. Micrometer ____________________________________________ 19. Hypothermia ___________________________________________ 20. Polymorph ____________________________________________ 21. Photosynthesis ________________________________________ 22. Amphibios (amphibian) __________________________________ 23. Heterotroph __________________________________________ 24. Encephalitis __________________________________________ 25. Monochrome _________________________________________ 26. Autolysis _____________________________________________ 27. Herbivore ____________________________________________ 28. Homology ____________________________________________ 29. Macrophage _________________________________________ 30. Carnivore ____________________________________________ 31. Gastroenterologist _____________________________________ 32. Scleroderma __________________________________________ 33. Autotroph __________________________________________ 34. Autolysis __________________________________________ 35. Podiatrist __________________________________________

Apatasaurus, or "deceptive lizard"

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