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SALT WordRoots Quiz3
SALT Word Roots Helps for Quiz 3
Question | Answer |
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What root words mean THROUGH and ACROSS? | TRANS and DIA |
Break down the word GEOGRAPHY (state of drawing the earth and writing about it). | GEO = land. GRAPH = draw. Y = state, quality, act. |
What root words mean SUN? | HELIOS and SOL |
What root words are a part of HELIOSCOPE (a telescope for looking at the sun)? | HELIOS (sun) and SKOPEO (look) |
Break down the word INVISIBLE (impossible to see). | IN = not. VISIO/VISUM = see. IBLE = able. |
What root words are a part of HYPNOPHOBIA (fear of sleeping)? | HYPNOS (sleep) and PHOBOS (fear) |
What root words mean EARTH? | GEO and TERRA |
What root words mean SLEEP? | HYPNOS and DORMIS/DORMITUM |
Break down the word ANNUAL (yearly). | ANNUS = year. AL = like, related to. |
What root words are a part of DIAGRAM (a cross-section drawing)? | DIA (across) and GRAPH (drawing) |
What root words are a part of DENDROPHILE (a lover of trees)? | DENDRON (tree) and PHILIA (love) |
What root words mean ROCK? | PETROS and LITHOS |
Break down the word CONTRADICT (to express the opposite of). | CONTRA = against. DICTUM = speak. |
What root words mean STAR? | STELLA and ASTRON |
What root words are a part of SOLASTER (a star fish with more than 5 rays; a sun-star fish)? | SOL (sun) and ASTER (star) |
What root words are a part of PETRIFIED? | PETROS (rock) and FACIO/FACTUM (make, do) |