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Breaking Down and Building Vocab Words How to make sense of those huge science words and even make up some of your own.
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Roots Group of letters to which prefixes and suffixes can be added to change its meaning Examples: -derm- = skin -annu- = year -phag- = eat
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Prefixes Group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word Examples: tele- = distant micro- = small anti- = against
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Suffixes Group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word Examples: -less = without -meter = measurement -phobia = fear of
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Rule #1 1. Use the biggest prefix or suffix you can Example: For the word anthropomorphic… use “anthropo” not “an”
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Rule #2 2. You cannot add letters to your word to make a prefix or suffix work Example: For the word fracas … you are not allowed to add a “t” to use the prefix “fract”
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Rule #3 3. Leftover letters in your word are OK Example: For the word dinosaur … you would use the prefix “din” and the suffix “saur” leaving the “o” in the middle leftover
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Putting it all together Use your prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of the following word… pachyderm pachy = thickderm = skin pachyderm = thick skin
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Practice Try these terms on your own… aquarium psychology aqu = water psych = mind arium = a place forlogy = the study of aquarium = a place for water psychology = the study of the mind
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More practice Try these on your own… Flexible hexagon pterodactyl aerodynamic
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