Science Word Activity (SWA)

Word Part / Meaning / Word Part / Meaning
Gk. / a, an / lacking; none / eu / good; well
acro, akros / highest / ex, exo, ec / out; out of
ab / away from, out from / extra / outside of; beyond
ad / toward; to / fer / to bear
L. / ager / field / flagellar / to whip; wave
alb / white / galacto / milk
allo / other / gastro / stomach
angio / vessel / gen, genos / born; birth; produced by
ana / up; up against / Gk. / geo / earth
anthropo / humans / glottis / mouth of windpipe
L. / anti / against; opposite / Gk. / graph, gram / write
archeo / beginning / gymno / naked
arthro / a joint, jounted / gyn, gyno / woman
Gk. / astro / star / Gk. / hemi / half
ate / forming verbs from noun / hemo, hemato / blood
ation / froming noun from verb / hepato / liver
audi / hear / hetero / other; different
Gk. / auto / self / hiber / winter
L. / bi / two / homo, homeo / same; alike; similar
Gk. / bio / life / Gk. / hydr, hydro / water
blasto, -blast / sprout / hyper / above; over
brachi / arm / hypo / under; below; beneath
brachy / short / in, im / in
branchio, -branch / a gill / inter / between; among
broncho / windpipe / intra, intro / inside
calor / heat / Gk. / ism / manner; state of condition
carb / carbon / Gk. / itis / inflammation; disease
carcino / a crab; cancer / leuko, leuco / white
cardio / heart / Gk. / logy / study of
L. / carn / flesh; meat / macro / great; large
cell / storeroom; chamber / mega, megalo / large; great; powerful
cephalo / head / meso, mes / middle
chloro, chloros / greenish yellow / meta, met / after; beyond
Gk. / chromo / color / myo / mouse; muscle
Gk. / chrono / time / Gk. / meter / measure
coelo, ceol / hollow; cavity / Gk. / meteor / sky phenomenon
Gk. / cranio / skull / Gk. / micro / small
cuti / skin / Gk. / mono / one; single
cyclo, cycle / circle; ring / Gk. / morph / form; shape
cyto, cyte / cell; vessel / multi / many
Gk. / derm, dermato / skin / neuro / nerve
di / two; double; twice / Gk. / nomy / sum of knowledge
dia / through; passing through / non / not
echin / spiny / ocul, opthal / eye
Gk. / eco / house; home; environment / odont / tooth
ect / outside / olf / smell
en, endo / in; into; within / oligo / few; little
encephal / brain; within head / oma / tumor; swelling
entero / intestine / oo, ov / egg
epi / on; upon; over / osteo, oss / bone
Word Part / Meaning / Word Part / Meaning
patho, path / suffer; disease; treatment / spirare / to change
peri / around / sporo, sperm / seed
phag / eat / stoma, stome / mouth; openning
Gk. / photo / light / taxo, taxis / arrange; put in order
phyll, phyllon / leaf / Gk. / techno / art; craft
plasm, plast / something molded; formed / Gk. / tele / far
plasserin / to mold / Gk. / therm; thermo / heat
pneumo / lungs / tomo, tomy / a cutting; slice
Gk. / pod / foot / trans / across
Gk. / poly / many; excessive / tri / three
pre / before; ahead of time / trich, tricho / hair
Gk. / protos / early; first / trop, tropo, trophy / turning
Gk. / pseud, pseudo / False / L. / ultra / beyond
Gk. / psych / mind / uro, uran / tail
L. / reto / backward / ventr / belly
Gk. / scop, scope / see / L. / vorous / fedding on; eating
septi, sepsis, septic / rotten; infected / zo / animal
some, somat / body / Gk. / zoion / animal

Creature Drawing

  1. Use 3-6 prefixes/suffixes (word meanings)
  2. Create a detailed drawing of a creature in pencil/pen using the selected prefixes/suffixes.
  3. Write the Scientific Name (the word part of the prefix/suffix).
  4. Write the common name (what the word means).

Example:

Pseudo Scientific Name:Mono ocul macro cardi gastro pod

Common Name:One eyed large hearted stomach foot