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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a or an | not or non |
| aero | needing oxygen or air |
| agri (agro) | field,soil |
| amphi, ambi | both, doubly |
| anti | against |
| aqua | water |
| archaeo | primitive; ancient |
| arthro | joint |
| astro, aster | star, outer space |
| audi, audio | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, twice, double |
| bio | life, living |
| cairdi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | green |
| chlromo | color |
| cide | killer, kill, killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two, double |
| eco | environmment |
| ecto(exo) | outer, extermal |
| endo | internal, inside |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gastro | stomach |
| genesis | origin, beginning |
| geo | earth, soil, global |
| graph | Record, writing |
| hemo(hema) | blood |
| herba | plants |
| hetero | different |
| hist | tissue |
| homo | alike, similar |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| ichthy | fish |
| intra | within, inside |
| itis | disease, inflammation |
| lateral | side |
| lys | break down |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurement |
| micro | small |
| mono | one, single |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi | many |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| onc | mass; tumor |
| ornith | bird |
| pale(o) | ancient |
| path, pathy | disease, suffering |
| philia | like |
| phobia | dislike, fear |
| photo | light |
| plasm | form |
| pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| proto | first |
| sub | lesser, below |
| synthesis | to make |
| tax(o) | arrangement |
| therm | heat, temperature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat, consume |
| zoo | animal |
| Agronomist | studies soil or crop production |
| Biochemist | studies chemical makeup and process happening in living things |
| Biologist | studies living things and how they interact |
| Botanist | studies plants |
| Cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infections |
| Ecologist | Studies the relationship of organisms and their environments |
| Entomologist | Studies insects |
| Epidemiologist | Studies health in large populations |
| Geneticist | Studies genes- your DNA or genetic make-up |
| Geochemist | Studies the chemical makeup and chemical changes in the Earth |
| Geographer | Studies Earth's land features |
| Geologist | Studies the material history and life, especially in rocks |
| Histologist | Studies the human body's tissue and cells under microscopes |
| Hydrologist | Studies water on the Earth's surface and underground |
| Paleontologist | Studies fossils from past periods of time on Earth from all life |
| Pathologist | Studies disease and changes in the body from these diseases |
| Physicist | Studies energy and matter and how they work together |
| Seismologist | Studies earthquakes |
| Volcanologist | Studies volcanoes |
| Zoologist | Studies animals |