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HonorsBiologySummerAssignment:Part2of3
EtymologyGreekandLatinWordParts
ThenumberofvocabularytermsinayearofBiologyiscomparabletoayearofaforeignlanguage.Itiscritical
thatwebeginobtainingthevocabularyassoonaspossible.MuchofthevocabularyinscienceisbasedonGreek
andLatinwordparts.Tospeedupyourlearningofbiologyvocabularythisschoolyearyouwillberequiredto
learnthefollowingwordparts.KnowledgeofthesewordpartswillcertainlybeusefulinBiology,butyoullalso
findtheyllbehelpfulinotherclasses,especiallyifyourestudyingoneoftheLatinbasedlanguagessuch
SpanishorFrench.
Youwillbeassessedonyourknowledgeofthesewordpartsatthestartofthenewschool
year.

Primarily,thetestwillrequireyoutomatchscientifictermstotheirappropriatedefinition
basedonknownwordparts.
Forexample:
Thetermchromosomewouldmatchwiththedefinitionacoloredbodyfoundin
thenucleusofacell;containsthegeneticmaterialbecausechrommeanscolor
andsomameansbody.

Otherquestionsmightaskyoutoputwordpartsthatarerelatedtonumbersintonumerical
order.
Ex:Arrangethefollowingprefixesinorderfromsmallesttolargesthepta,hex,tri,
mono,tetra,bi.
Answer:mono(1),bi(2),tri(3),tetra(4),hex(6),hepta(7)

Stillothersmightrequireyoutoidentifydifferencesbetweenrelatedterms.
Ex:Howareomnivores,carnivoresandherbivoresdifferent?
Answer:Theyalldevourthings,butcarnivoreseatmeat,herbivoreseatflesh,and
omnivoreseatitall.

Manytermsmeanthesamething.
Ex:Whichofthefollowingtermsdoesnotbelong?super,hypo,extra,hyper.
Answer:hypo;alloftheothersmeanaboveorbeyond,hypomeansunder
Tohelpyoureviewtheterms,alinktoasetofQuizletflashcardswillbepostedonEdmodoalongwithperiodic
practicequizzesyoucancompleteasyouprepareforthenewschoolyear.Itisrecommendedthatyoubegin
learningthesetermsatthebeginningofthesummerandregularlyquizyourselfasthesummerprogresses.
Expecttheflashcardstobepostedearlythissummer.Quizzeswillcomeabitlater.

GeneralWords
Part Definition
ac,aceus,aceous,ous oforpertainingto
aqu,aqua water
archaeo primitive;ancient
ase enzyme
auto self
bio life
carb carbon;coal
carn meat;flesh
chem,chemo chemistry
co,com,con with;together
cyt,cyto,cyte,cytic cell
eco house;environment;habitat
fili,filia son;daughter
gene,gene origin;genetic
germ sprout
geo earth
gluco,glycol glucose,sugar
gram,graph,graphy recording,written
herb grass,plant
hetero other,different
hydr,hydro water
karyo nucleus
logy studyof,account
meter deviceusedformeasuring
metry measurementof
neo new
ous pertainingto
oxy sharp,acute,oxygen
paleo old;ancient
pheno show
pino todrink
port carry
re again,backward
saccharo sugar
sci know
scope,scopy examine,forexamining;look;observe
scrib,script write
somat,somatico,somato,some body,bodily
spire breathe
taxis responsivemovement
troph,troph onewhofeeds;wellfed
vestigium footprint
vit,viv life
vore devour
zo,zoa animal
zyg yolk

PositionsandDirections
Part Definition
ab,abs awayfrom
ana up,away
ante before,forward
centi hundredth
centr center
cycl circle,cycle,ring
de awayfrom,ending,down
dia across,through
ect,ecto,exo outer;outside;without
en,end,endo,ententer,entero, within;inner,inside,in
ex,extra,exo beyond,outsideof,outof
inter between
intra within;inside
med,meso middle,half,intermediate
meta between,along,after,beyond,change
nuc center
para,par beside,near;equal;bringforth,alongside,abnormal
per through
peri around,about,near,enclosing
post behind,after
pre before,infront
proto first;primary
retro backward,behind
sub under
super,supra above,over,ontop,upon
sy.syl,sym,syn,sys together
tele,telo faroff;atadistance;end
trans across,through
ultra beyond

NumbersandAmounts
Part Definition
bi two
deca ten
deci tenth
di,diplo,du two,double,duo
hemi half
hept seven
hex six
homo,homeo same
hyper above,beyond,excessive
hypo under,deficient
iso equal,like
kilo thousand
macro large,long,big
meg,mega,megal,
megalo
great,large,million
mic,micro small
milli thousandth
mon,mono one
multi many
oct eight
omni all
pent five
poly many,excessive
quadri four
quin five
semi half,partly
sept partition;seven
sex six
tetra four
tri three
uni one

PartsandDisorders
Part Definition
carcin,carcino cancer
corp body
derm,dermato skin
hem,hema,hemat,
hemato,hemo
blood
lact,lacti,lacto milk
lip,lipo fat
neur,neuri,neuron nerve
oo,ovari,ovario,ovi,
ovo,ovum
egg,ovary
sperma,spermato,
spermo,sperm
sperm;seed
spher ball
vertebr vertebra,spine
vesic,vesico vesicle(cystorpouch)

PhysicalProperties,ColorsandShapes
Part Definition
chlor,chloro green
chrom,chromato color
elect electricalactivity
kin,kine,kinesi,kinesio
,kino
movement
leuk,leuko white
mela,melan,melano black;dark
morph,morpho shape
mot,mot,mov movement
permea pass;go
phot,photo light
reticul,reticulo net
stasis
level,unchanging,
standing
sten,steno narrowed,blocked
therm,thermo heat

GoodandBad
Part Definition
a,an without;lacking;no;none;not
anti against
bene good,well
cide killing,killer
contra against
dis separation,takingapart,out,away
dys difficult,abnormal,ill,bad
emia bloodcondition
eu good,well
ia,iasis condition,formationof
ism stateorcondition
ites,itis inflammation
lysis,lytic,lyso,lys breakdown,destruction,dissolving
mal bad,abnormal
mort death
non not
oma tumor
oid resembling
osis condition,usuallyabnormal
pathy,patho,path disease ;suffering
phag,phagia,phagy eating,swallowing
phob,phobia fear
phil loving,fondof
pro favoring,supporting
pseudo false
onco tumor,bulk,volume
sis,esis conditionorstate

HonorsBiologySummerAssignment:Part3of3
Reviewof8
th
GradeBasicChemistryConcepts
Beforethestartofthenewschoolyearyoushouldbeableto:
Describethestructureofanatom.Besuretoincludethepositionsofprotons,neutrons,andelectronsalong
withthechargeofeach.

Readtheperiodtableofelementsandusetheinformationfoundonthetabletoanswerquestions.

Ex:Fromtheinformationgiven,identifythenumberofprotons,electrons,andtheaveragenumber
ofneutronsforanatomofthiselement.

Describethedifferencebetweenionic,covalent,andhydrogenbondsintermsofhoweachtypeofbondis
heldtogether,therelativestrengthofeachtypeofbond,andgiveanexampleofeach.

Usinganexamplesolution,describewhatasolutionisandidentifythesolventandsoluteofthesolution.

GiveexamplesofcommonacidsandbasesandidentifywheretheylieonthepHscale.

Relatemonomerstopolymers.

Describethefunctionofeachofthefourcarbonbasedmoleculesoflifealongwithexamples.

Identifythereactantsandproductsofachemicalreaction.

Explainwhattheactivationenergyofachemicalreactionisandrelateactivationenergytocatalystsand
enzymes.

ThefollowingChapter2Reinforcementpageshavebeenprovidedtoactasaguidetohelpfocusyourstudies.
Thisreviewdoesntrequiretheuseofthetextbookbutusingthebook,alongwiththereviewgames,concept
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theatomicnumber
and#ofprotons
alwaysmatch
Inaneutralatom,
electrons=protons

7.999
rounded=8
theaveragenumberof
neutronsforanatomof
oxygenis8

4. How is an ion formed? __________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Be able to draw and label an atom. Include the charge for each part.
(in terms of electrons)

4. Give an example of a substance that is : above a pH of 7: _______________________

Below a pH of 7: _______________________

Use Greek/Latin word

parts in your answer.