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Word Roots 23 & 24
Taliyah Bryant
| 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 quality of |
| -Y- | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| Geochrony- | System of time divisions used in the study of Earth |
| Geology- | Study of Earth's stucture |
| Geocentric- | Related to the Earth's center; Earth-centered |
| Geothermal- | Related to the heat of Earth's interior |
| Geogenous- | Growing on or in the ground |
| Geographer- | one who writes about the Earth's features |
| Crac- | Government, rule |
| Derm- | Skin |
| Meso- | Middle |
| Phil- | love, loving |
| Somat- | Body |
| Therm- | Heat |
| -Ic- | like, related to |
| -Y- | State of, quality, act; body, group |
| Mesodermic- | Related to the middle layer of skin(Biology) |
| Mesocracy- | Government by the middle classes |
| Mesotherm- | plant that requires a moderate environment(Biology) |
| Mesophilic- | Thriving in a moderate environment(Biology) |
| Mesosomatic- | Related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates(Zoology) |