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Word roots 23& 24
Briana Grant Period 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Centr | center |
| Chron | time |
| Gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
| Geo | earth, ground |
| Graph | write, written |
| Therm | heat |
| Crac | government, rule |
| Derm | skin |
| Meso | middle |
| Phil | love, loving |
| Somat | body |
| -Al | like, related to; an action or 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 |
| Geochrony | system of time divisions used in the study of earth |
| Geology | study of the earth's structure |
| Geocentric | related to earth's center; earth-centered |
| Geothermal | related to the heat of earth's interrior |
| Geogenous | growing on or in the ground |
| Geographer | one who writes about earth's features |
| Mesodermic | related to the middle layer of 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 middle region of the body of various invertebrates (Zoology) |