1. Roots 14: Chemistry-related roots
English 2

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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Done! Study these for your next quiz. Study your old roots as well.
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