Frequently used root words in biology - 6 (Organisms & their parts)

FREQUENTLY USED ROOT WORDS RELATED TO ORGANISMS & THEIR PARTS

Learning root words and their meaning help you to understand and remember biology terms very easily. Given below is the table showing frequently used root words related to Organisms & their parts. Try to memorize them and practice the problems below.

Root words	Meaning
1.      angio-	Vessel
2.      antho-	Flower, flower bud
3.      api-	honeybee
4.      arachno-	spider
5.      bio-	life
6.      bryo-	moss, liverwort
7.      dendro-	Tree
8.      entomo-	insect
9.      floro-	Flower
10.  gymno-	Naked
11.  helminth	worm
12.  herpeto-	creeping
13.  hippo-	horse
14.  ichthyo-, -pisci	fish
15.  mammo-	Breast, mammals
16.  myco-	fungus
17.  ophidio-, serpento-	snake
18.  ornitho-	bird
19.  phyco-	alga
20.  phyllo-, -phyll	leaf
21.  phyto-, -phyta	plant
22.  pterido-	Fern
23.  rhizo-	root
24.  sapro-	dead, decaying
25.  sauro-	lizard
26.  -sperm	Seed
27.  zoo-	Animal

Practice yourself

Choose the correct option:

1. The rearing of honeybees is known as

A. Moriculture
B. Apiculture
C. Pisciculture
D. Sericulture

2. Study of insects is called

A. Entomology
B. Phycology
C. Ornithology
D. Helminthology

3. The arrangement of leaves in a plant is termed as

A. Inflorescence
B. Venation
C. Placentation
D. Phyllotaxy

4. The symbiotic bacteria living in the root nodules of leguminous plants are

A. Acetobacter
B. Azotobacter
C. Rhizobium
D. Clostridium

5. Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae belongs to 

A. Algae

B. Fungi

C. Protists

D. Bacteria

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