UNIT 10 Name: ______
Date: ______
Period: ______
Teacher: ______
SUB-under; below (L-Pr)
sub/merge (v)to plunge something under water; as, amphibians have the ability to submerge for long
periods of time
sub/terr/anean (a)lying or being beneath the surface of the earth; as, subterranean caves, springs, passages,
etc.
sub/ject (v-n), sub/marine (a-n-v), sub/scribe (v), sub/tract (v), sub/urb (n),
sub/urb/an (a-n), sub/urb/an/ite (n)
TERR, TERRA, TERRITearth; dry land(L-R)
terr/arium (n)a place where land animals are kept for the purpose of study or display; compare aquarium
terra firma (L)firm earth; solid ground; as, after five months at sea, the nautical men were happy to place
their feet on terra firma.
territ/ory (n)a geographical area or land which is under governmental control
Medi/terr/anean (n-a), sub/terr/anean (a), terra cotta (Ital)
THE, THEISM, THEOgod, gods, God(Gr-R)
mono/the/ist (n)one who hold to the belief that there is but one God; compare atheist and polytheist
poly/theism (n)a belief held by many that there are many gods; compare monotheism and atheism
theo/logy (n)the science which studies religion
a/theism (n), a/the/ist (n), mono/theism (n), poly/the/ist (n), theo/cracy (n), theo/crat (n), theo/cratic (a)
URB a city (L-R)
sub/urb (n)a town or village on or near a city’s border; as, Meridian is a suburb of Boise
urb/an (a)of or pertaining to a city; as, urban population, growth, customs, problems, etc.; compare
suburban
sub/urb/an (a-n), sub/urb/an/ite (n), urb/an/ite (n)
VOR, VORE, VOROUSeat; devour, feeding on (L-R)
vor/acious (a)having a tremendous appetite; as, tigers are voracious animals
herbi/vore(n)any plant-eating animal, as cows, horses, deer, rabbits, and other vegetarians; compare
carnivore and omnivore
omni/vorous(a)feeding on both plant and animal substances, as hippopotamuses, pigs, etc.
carni/vore (n), carni/vorous (a), herbi/vorous (a), omni/vore (n)
UNIT 10NAME: ______
EXERCISE 1: MATCHING: In the spaces provided, supply each word-cell in Column A with the number of its proper definition from Column B.
AB
theo(1)behavior; quality
-ism(2) resembling; having the nature of
sub(3)to eat
-acious(4)all
firma (5)under; beneath
herbi(6)land; earth
merge(7)god; gods
omni(8) plant
vore(9)solid
terra(10)unite; arise; plunge
EXERCISE 2: DEFINITIONS: In the spaces provided, supply the words being defined. Use the correct form of the word, as necessary.
(1) ______an area of land under governmental control
(2) ______any plant-eating animal
(3) ______a place where land animals are kept
(4) ______one who holds the belief there is only one god
(5) ______feeding on both plant and animal substances
EXERCISE 3: GOOFY WORDS: Use word cell definitions to find definitions for made-up words.
(1)_____ terralogya. one who is of the city
(2)_____ herbimergeb. a place under
(3)_____ subariumc. a place for all
(4)_____ omnioryd. study of land
(5)_____ urbaneane. to combine plants
UNIT 10NAME: ______
EXERCISE 4; MATCHING GAME: Fill in the spaces below with those numbers from the list of Word-Cell Choices which best make up the definitions. Each of the may be used more than once. Example: An underwater craft. 17_ 13__ (submarine)
1. One who does not believe in a God
______Word Cell Choices
2. Latin expression for “firm earth; solid ground”
______1. a-
3. Lying beneath the surface of the earth2. -acious
______3. -an
4. A belief in one God4. -anean
______5. aqu
5. One who lives within a city’s borders6. -arium
______7. cotta
6. Having a tremendous appetite8. firma
______9. herbi
7. Italian expression for “cooked earth”10. -ist
______11. -ite
8. One who believes in many gods12. ject
______13. marine
9. To take away a portion from the whole14. mono
______15. onmi
10. A belief that no god exists16. poly
______17. sub-
11. One who lives on or near a city’s border18. terr
______19. terra
12. One who feeds on both plant and animal substances20. the
______21. theism
13. To place under the control of22. tract
______23. urb
14. Any plant-eating animal is considered to be ______24. vor
______25. vore
15. A place where water plants and animals are kept for the purpose of study or display26. vorous
______
EXERCISE 5: WORD CELL PUZZLE: Circle the (10) word-cells hidden in the Puzzle Square. Write
each word-cell in a space below. Word-cells are located down
and across, NOT diagonally or backwards. They can NOT be completely within another word cell. (You can’t choose -et as a separate word cell from -plet if you’ve already chosen -plet).
I
/ T / E / J / R / M / A / R / I / N / EV / J /
P
/ C / Z / E / W / T / S / M / G / 1. ______ / 6. ______D
/ T / Q / X / F / D / O / J / T / F / BS / H / C / R / G / I / Y / V / H / R / L / 2. ______ / 7. ______
I / E / P / Y / L / Z / U / A / P / Q / D
Q / O / S / H / B / W / D / F / K / B / R / 3. ______ / 8. ______
X / G / M / J / N / Z / C / B / N / A / B
V / L / T / Z / R / T / Y / X / S / Q / O / 4. ______ / 9. ______
V / O / R / E / Q / E / G / K / G / U / F
K / G / O / H / D / R / J / M / P / C / E / 5. ______ / 10. ______
E / Y / U / F / C / R / P / O / L / Y / A
UNIT 10NAME: ______
1 / 23 / 4 / 5 / 6
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10 / 11
12
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14 / 15
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19 / 20
ACROSSDOWN
1. Terra ______2. Prefix meaning “one; single; alone”
5. Suffix meaning “one who”3. A belief in many gods
7. Feeding on both plant and animal substances4. A town or village on or near a city’s borders
10. Lying or being beneath the surface of the earth6. To plunge something under water
14. A place where land animals are kept for the purpose8. A geographical area or land which is under
of study or display governmental control
15. Root meaning “to unite; to arise; to plunge”9. Root meaning “all”
17. One who holds to the belief that there is but one God11. Of or pertaining to a city
19. The science which studies religion12. Root meaning “flesh; meat”
20. Root meaning “a city”13. Root meaning “to throw; to cast”
16. Root meaning “many; much”
- Prefix meaning “under; below”
Boffardi unit #10 with Atkinson supplement