WORD BYTES (PSR = prefix/suffix/root)
Word Bytes are prefixes, and suffixes and root words that facilitate understanding and recollection of key terminology.
If used properly, learning word bytes helps to eliminate unnecessary memorization. You are responsible for knowing the word bytes for each unit, which have been organized for you below. Note cards are to be made for each list and will be checked the day after each unit test. Comprehensive quizzes and tests will be given throughout the year.
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Unit 1: Inquiry- bi: two
- bio: life
- centi: 1/100
- co/con: with, together
- deci: 1/10
- deka: 10
- di: two
- graph: to write
- hect: 100
- homeo: same
- ist: person who
- kilo: 1,000
- logy: study of
- meta: change
- milli: 1/1,000
- post: after
- pre: before
- re: repeat, again
- scop: to look
- sub: under, below
- tri: three
- uni: one, single
- ad: towards
- amyl: starch
- ana: up
- ase: enzyme
- cata: down
- chem.: chemical
- co: together
- de: undo, reverse
- gluc: sugar
- glyc: sugar
- hydr: water
- iso: same
- lact: milk
- lip: fat
- lysis: dissolving, decomposition
- macro: large
- mer: part
- mono: one
- ose: full of
- phospho: phosphorus
- poly: many
- sacchr: sugar
- syn: with, together
- chlor: green
- chrom: color
- cyte: cell
- dia: through, across
- endo: inside
- eu: true
- exo: outside
- fibr: fiber
- hyper: over, above
- hypo: under, below
- kary: nuclear
- micro: small
- multi: many
- nucle: little nut
- osis: abnormal condition
- phag: to eat
- phil: love
- phob: fear
- phyll: leaf
- pino: to drink
- pro: first
- semi: half
- some: body
- aer: oxygen
- an: without
- auto: self
- chlor: green
- epi: on, above
- hetero: other, different
- meso: middle
- photo: light
- phyll: leaf
- stom: opening
- syn: with, together
- troph: to eat
- anti: against
- mutat: change
- oxy: oxygen
- scribe/script: to write
- trans: across
- carcin: cancer
- centr: center
- gen: to produce
- haplo: single
- inter: between
- kin/kinesis: movement
- loc: location
- mere: part
- meta: middle
- mito: threadlike
- non: not
- oma: tumor
- onc: cancer
- oo: egg
- ov: egg
- telo: end
- tetr: four
- zyg: union
- geno: heredity
- homo: same
- hybrid: combination
- in: not
- pheno: physical
- clad: branch
- clatur: naming
- geo: earth
- gram: write
- morph: shape, form
- nom: name
- paleo: ancient
- phyl: class, race
- tax: arrangement
- a; without
- carn: meat
- eco: house
- herba: plant
- omni: both
- para: beside
- tic/ic: pertaining to
- troph: nutrient matter, energy
- vore: to consume