Name: ___________________________

Date: _____________Period: _______

Etymology ActivitiesUse your table of terminology root words to match the make-believe words on the left with their English meanings on the right. Draw a line to connect matching phrases (and try using these words/phrases at home to impress your family with your smartedness!)

dicephalosis is superior to after his own heart monocephalosis

gymnopodosis barefootedness

erythrocephalis redhead

postautocardosis runny nose

rhinorrhea dogfood

canistroph two heads are better than one

Translate these make-believe words into commonly used English phrases. At least one part of each word is not described in the terminology word root list. Look up the meaning of missing parts in a good dictionary if you do not know their meanings.

cervicalgia _______________________ evolvoneophyll _________________________

macromallupus ___________________ ooh autotheo ___________________________

Analyze each of the following words with the help of your terminology word list and a good dictionary. Separate each word into its parts, looking up and recording the meaning of each part to determine the meaning of the combined term.

Example: Biology: bio (life) + logy (study of) = study of life or of living things

Biosphere: ______________________________________________________________

Autotrophic: _____________________________________________________________

Carnivore: ______________________________________________________________

Metamorphosis: __________________________________________________________

Endothermic: ____________________________________________________________

Exothermic: _____________________________________________________________

Hypothalamus: ___________________________________________________________

Leukocyte: ______________________________________________________________

Erythrocyte: _____________________________________________________________

Pericardium: _____________________________________________________________

Epidermis: ______________________________________________________________

Phagocyte: _____________________________________________________________

Periosteum: _____________________________________________________________

Prophase: _______________________________________________________________

Posterior: _______________________________________________________________

Hypodermic: ____________________________________________________________

Monosaccharide: _________________________________________________________

Morphology: ____________________________________________________________

Hypertonic: _____________________________________________________________

Isotope: ________________________________________________________________

Hydrolysis: _____________________________________________________________

Homeostasis: ____________________________________________________________

Heterozygous: ___________________________________________________________

Dehydration: ____________________________________________________________

Decomposer: ____________________________________________________________

Autoimmune: ____________________________________________________________

Abiotic: ________________________________________________________________

Archaebacteria: __________________________________________________________