Name —____— SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Date — _ Using Greek and Latin Word Parts Some techniques discussed in Biology: The Science of Life are. centrifugation, seeredicsection, tissue culture, chromatography, and electruphoresis, 1p your Trct encounter with words like these, you may not understand them. Know!ng. are Greek and Latin terms, however, will help you understand parts of the serve Then you can make an educated guess about their meanings Figuring out the meanings of words by looking at their parts will help Yow ums ttuna) scientific material. Take the word “centrifugation,” for example Tiie word has its roots in two Latin words: centrum, which means “center” ae Magere, which means "to flee.” Knowing that you might guess hat rraatragation’” has something to do with fleeing from the center-—and You Meould be right. Centrifugation separates substances by whirling them in @ fete at high speed. The heavier substances are separated from the lighter ones in the process. Belgisa list of some common Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes that you may find useful when you read your textbook. Use the ist for the exercise that follows. Greek and Latin Word Parts anti- against arterio- having to do with arteries bio- life calor heat chromo: color dissect cut flectro- —_referring to electricity endo. within, inside ex0- without, outside graph write or draw hemi half hyper- over, above, excessive hypo- under, beneath, below, less than inter between, among “itis inflammation kilo- cone thousand -lsis dissolution, destruction micro- small, minute; one-mittionth mono- _one, single period regularly occurring event ‘phoresis transmission, carrying photo- light Folasm the fluid substance of « eet! sclero- hard “Scope —_an Instrument for seeing or observing. Stereo- solid, firm, three-dimensional synthesis a putting together STUDY GUIDE COPYRICITED by Peni Hall: 13 BIOLOGY: The Study of LifeName —_ SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Using Greek and Latin Word Parts (continues) —)]. Practice Using Greek and Latin Word Parts Follow these steps tor each italicized word in the sentences below. The first one is done for you so you can use it as a model. * Underline the part or parts of the italicized word that resemble a root, prefix, or suttix on the Greek and Latin Word Parts list * Write down the Greek and Latin word parts that you recognize, followed by their detinitions. * Ifthe italicized word contains more than one Greek or Latin word part, try to combine their detinitions into a single phrase. ‘* Make an educated guess about the meaning of the italicized word. 1. One frequent cause of high blood pressure is arteriosclerosis arterio- (having do with arteries) / sclero- (hard) / ha ing to do with hard art hardening of the arteries ee _ 2. Intercellular fluid serves as a medium for the exchange of materials between the capillaries and the body cells. 3. Not all flowering plants exhibit the same photoperiodic response. 4. The magnifying power of stereomicroscopes varies from about 6X to about 50. STUDY GUIDE COPYRIGHTED by Price Hall ne 14 BIOLOGY: The Study of LifeNamo — ee — ‘SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Usitig Greek and Latin Word Parts (continues) 7. The organs of a vertebrate animal, such as a cat, that has an endoskeleron are more susceptible to injury than those of an Invertebrate animal, such as a crab. 8. The chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis, the food-making process of plants. 9. The preferred unit used in measuring the energy content of food is the kilucalorie STUDY GUIDE COPYRIGHTED by Prentice Hal 15 BIOLOGY: The Study of Life