Roots 14: Chemistry-related roots
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ROOTS 14: CHEMISTRY-RELATED ROOTSEnglish 2
DIRECTIONS Take notes on your new roots.
Materials: Packet Pen / pencil
FUS Definition: pour
Example: profuse – abundant or plentiful
Other examples? Fusion, infuse
HYDR Definition: water
Example: dehydrate – to lose a large amount of water
Other examples? Hydration, hydraulic, hydrant
ISO Definition: equal
Example: isotope – each of two or more of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons
Other examples? Isometric, isotone
METER Definition: measure
Example: centimeter - one hundredth of a meter
Other examples? Metric, pentameter, altimeter
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
PYR Definition: fire
Example: pyromania – an obsessive desire to set fire to things
Other examples? Pyrotechnic, pyre
STOICH Definition: element
Example: stoichiometry – calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions
Other examples? stoichiology, stoichiological, stoichiometric
THERM Definition: heat
Example: thermometer – an instrument that measures heat
Other examples? Thermal, thermostat
-IDE Definition: forms names of compounds
Example: carbon dioxide - compound containing carbon and two atoms of oxygen
Other examples? Calcium bromide
-IC Definition: adjective – having the nature of
Example: barbaric – savagely cruel; unsophisticated (having the nature of a barbarian)
Other examples? Acidic, basic, angelic
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