This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Emma is curious about what a biologist does for work. Use the root word bio to infer what a biologist studies. A) Weather patterns. B) Heat and temperature. C) Living things. D) Rocks and minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living things. 2. The affix "log/logue" means A) A type of communication or debate; word. B) Half; a part. C) Long; large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of communication or debate; word. 3. The root words chron and temp mean: A) Time. B) Temperature. C) Color. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 4. The prefix ab-means: A) On/in/to. B) Together/with. C) From/away. D) Forward/before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From/away. 5. The definition of the root words CIR AND CYCLE is A) Sun. B) Solid. C) Bicycle. D) Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circle. 6. Which word has a Greek or Latin prefix? A) Happiness. B) Theme. C) Serve. D) Perimeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perimeter. 7. What does the prefix 'ex-/ exo-' mean? A) New. B) Away from. C) Into or not. D) Out of; from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out of; from. 8. What is the definition of the root-SPEC? A) Do. B) Believe. C) Write. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 9. Which suffix is spelled correctly? A) Helpfull. B) Helpful. C) Helpingful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helpful. 10. What does the suffix illion mean? A) A prefix indicating a small number. B) A suffix indicating a large number, typically a power of a million. C) A term used for mathematical operations. D) A suffix denoting a type of animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A suffix indicating a large number, typically a power of a million. 11. Which of the following words means "the process of being admitted into the hospital" ? A) Teledoc. B) Temptation. C) Hospitalization. D) Creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospitalization. 12. The word was complicated, so I put an ..... next to it. I explained it at the bottom of the article. A) Astronomer. B) Article. C) Amendment. D) Asterisk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asterisk. 13. Fill in the blank:Aria commended the ..... of the new smartphone for its distinctive features and design. A) Dormancy. B) Innovation. C) Claustrophobia. D) Manual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innovation. 14. Is a word part added to the front or end of a root word that changes the word's meaning. A) Root. B) Affix. C) Suffix. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affix. 15. Which is the correct affix that means "human" ? A) Anth. B) Anthr. C) Anthro. D) Anthrop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthrop. 16. The smell was unusual for this time of day. A) Root. B) Prefix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prefix. 17. The root word geo (as in geology, geothermal) means ..... A) Earth. B) Hot earth. C) Study of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 18. What is the suffix in the word 'careless'? A) Able. B) Ing. C) Less. D) Ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less. 19. What does the root word cult mean? A) The root word 'cult' means 'care'. B) The root word 'cult' means 'knowledge' or 'wisdom'. C) The root word 'cult' means 'destruction' or 'chaos'. D) The root word 'cult' means 'community' or 'group'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The root word 'cult' means 'care'. 20. Luna is reading about ancient astronomy. She comes across the term 'geocentric' and uses the root 'geo' to figure out what a geocentric view of the universe was. What does Luna conclude? A) Believing Earth was in the center. B) Believing all planets were like Earth. C) Wanting to explore the universe. D) Interest in studying the stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believing Earth was in the center. 21. Hope + ing A) Hopping. B) Hopeing. C) Hoping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hoping. 22. Based on the Latin prefix co-, meaning jointly, together, the word cooperates from paragraph 1 means A) Separate from each other. B) Break up. C) Part from eachother. D) Work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Work together. 23. What is a word that uses the root that means "to press" correctly? A) Transport. B) Rewriting. C) Disrepair. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pressure. 24. What does the root, "auto" mean? A) Front. B) Automatic. C) Top. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self. 25. What is the meaning of the suffixes-arium and-orium? A) State, condition. B) Person who. C) Place where. D) Study of. 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