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unit 2 morphemes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| {tax}, {tact} | arrange in order |
| {on} | suffix that indicates a division or unit |
| taxon | unit of arrangement |
| {nomy} | management, science, or study of a subject |
| {kary}, {cary} | nut, nucleus |
| {eu} | good, well, genuine |
| {-ote} | single example of a taxonomic group whose name ends in {-ota} |
| eukaryote | an organism with genuine nuclei in its cells |
| {gam} | marriage |
| karyogamy | when two nuclei merge (marry) into one |
| plasmogamy | when the cytoplasm of two cells merge |
| {phy} | bring forth, bear, grow, birth, origin and growth |
| {phyto-}, {-phyte} | plant |
| phylum | tribe |
| {plankt} | wander |
| {-on}, {-ov} | thing |
| phytoplankton | wandering thing |
| {zoo}, {zo} | animal |
| zoophyte | animal plant (ex. coral, anemone, etc.) |
| {epi} | on, upon |
| {endo} | within |
| {nat} | birth |
| physics | study of things in nature, study of thing that have origins and grow |