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Word Roots 23+24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ROOTS | |
| centr | center |
| chron | time |
| gen | cause,birth,produce,race |
| geo | earth,ground |
| graph | write,written |
| therm | heat |
| -al | like,related to;an action o process |
| -er | one who,that which |
| -ic | like,related to |
| -logy | study of,science |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| -y | state of,quality,act;body,group |
| crac | government,rule |
| derm | skin |
| meso* | middle |
| phil | love,loving |
| somat | body |
| WORDS | |
| geochrony | system of time divisions used in the study of the earth |
| geology | study of the earths structure |
| geocentric | related to the earths center;earth-centered |
| geothermal | related to the heat of the earth's interior |
| geogenous | growing on or in ground |
| geographer | one who writes about the earth's features |
| mesodermic | related to the middle layer of the skin (Biology) |
| mesocracy | government by the middle classes |
| mesotherm | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat (Botany) |
| mesophilic | thriving in a moderate environment (Biology) |
| mesosomatic | related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates (Zoology) |