Roots 14: Chemistry-related roots English 2

Directions Take notes on your new roots. Materials: RAW Book Pen / pencil

Fus Definition: pour Example: profuse – abundant or plentiful Other examples? Fusion, infuse Challenge Word: effusive (adj) – overflowing, unrestrained; exuberant Transfuse (v) – 1) transfer from one to another 2) to cause to be instilled or imparted (transfused a love for reading)

Hydr Definition: water Example: dehydrate – to lose a large amount of water Other examples? Hydration, hydraulic, hydrant, anhydrous Challenge word: hydrodynamics (n) – a branch or physics pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids

Iso Definition: equal Example: isotope – each of two or more of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons Other examples? Isometric, isotone Challenge: isopolity (n) – equality or reciprocity of rights or privileges; equality based on rights of citizenship

Meter Definition: measure Example: centimeter - one hundredth of a meter Other examples? Metric, pentameter, altimeter Challenge word: symmetry (n) – 1) correspondence in size, shape, and relative position 2) harmonious proportion and balance

Mol Definition: mass Example: molecular – related to molecules (a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound) Other examples? Molecule

Pyr Definition: fire Example: pyromania – an obsessive desire to set fire to things Other examples? Pyrotechnic, pyre

Stoich Definition: element Example: stoichiometry – calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions Other examples? stoichiology, stoichiological, stoichiometric

Therm Definition: heat Example: thermometer – an instrument that measures heat Other examples? Thermal, thermostat

-ide Definition: forms names of compounds Example: carbon dioxide - compound containing carbon and two atoms of oxygen Other examples? Calcium bromide

-ic Definition: adjective – having the nature of Example: barbaric – savagely cruel; unsophisticated (having the nature of a barbarian) Other examples? Acidic, basic, angelic

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