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Word Roots 23 & 24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centr | center |
| chron | time |
| gen | cause, birth , race, produce |
| geo | earth, ground |
| graph | write, written |
| therm | heat |
| 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 |
| crac | govenment, rule |
| derm | skin |
| meso | middle |
| phil | love, loving |
| somat | body |
| therm | heat |
| ic | like, related to |
| geochrony | e.system of time divisions used in the study of the earth |
| geology | f.study of the earth's structure |
| geocentric | d.related to the earth's center; earth centered |
| geothermal | c.related to the heat of the earth's interior |
| geogenous | b.growing on or in the ground |
| geographer | a.one who writes about the earth's features |
| mesodermic | d.related to the middle layer of skin |
| mesocracy | e.government by the middle classes |
| mesotherm | b.plant that requires a modereate degree of heat |
| mesophilic | c.thriving in a moderate environment |
| mesosomatic | a.related to the middle region of the body of various invetebrates |