1. Common Greek Roots
hydro

2. Common Greek Roots Directions
Click on the slide. Read the root word and its definition at the top of the slide.
Click the space bar. Read the first word part that pops up.
Click the space bar. Read the next word part that comes up. (Repeat this step until the entire word appears under the word parts.)
Read the entire word using the chunks (syllables).
Click on the speaker symbol to listen to the correct pronunciation of the word. Determine whether you were correct.
Click on the space bar. Read the definition that appears. Think about how the definition relates to the meaning of the root word. Think about the meanings of any of the other word parts.
After you have finished with all of the slides, go back to the first slide. Repeat the process. Determine whether you can say the word correctly. Also, attempt to say the definition of the word before you make the definition appear.
Repeat the process until you are able to say the definitions of each of the words correctly.

3. HY DRO GEN HYDROGEN Hydro/hydra: water
A colorless element that, along with oxygen, helps make up water.

4. HY DRANT HYDRANT Hydro/hydra: water
A fixture near a street that supplies water to firefighters when they attach a hose to it.

5. HY DRO STAT IC HYDROSTATIC Hydro/hydra: water
Relating to liquids (and the pressure of liquids when they aren’t moving).

6. HY DRO PHO BI A HYDROPHOBIA Hydro/hydra: water
Fear of water especially as a symptom of rabies in humans.

7. HY DRATE HYDRATE Hydro/hydra: water
To fill yourself with water so you don’t get sick.

8. DE HY DRA TION DEHYDRATION Hydro/hydra: water
When you don’t have enough water in your body and you get sick.

9. HY DRO PLANE HYDROPLANE Hydro/hydra: water
When a vehicle skids out of control on a wet road.