AP Biology - World Building Quiz #2

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-ase

Forms the name of an enzyme (lip___ = enzyme that breaks down fats)

-blast

Sprout, bud, germ (megalo_____ic anemia = anemia with large red blood cells)

Ecto-

Outside of (____derm = outer embryo layer)

En-, Endo-, ent-

In; into; within (____skeleton = skeleton inside the body)

Epi-

Upon; over; above (___lepsy = disorder causing seizures)

Chlor-

Green (_____ophyll = green plant pigment)

Leuk-

White (____ocyte = white blood cell)

Homo-

Same, alike (____genous = same throughout)

Hetero-

Different; other (_____osexual = attracted to opposite sex)

Gluc- / glyc-

Sweet; sugar (____olysis = breakdown of glucose)

-gen / -gine

Produce; generate (andro___ = male sex hormone)

Iso-

Same; equal (___metric = same measurement)

Melan-

Black (_____in = skin pigment)

-emia

Blood (tox____ = toxins in blood)

-uria

Urine (poly____ = excessive urination)

Oligo-

Little; few (_____saccharides = short sugar chains)

Arthr-

Joint; articulation (_____itis = joint inflammation)

Pan-

All (___demic = disease spread worldwide)

Pseudo-

False; deceptive (______scientific = not scientifically valid)

Phag-

Eat (macro____e = cell that eats foreign material)

Pino-

Drink (____cytosis = cell taking in fluids)

-eous-

Nature of; like (herbac____ = plant-like)

-troph

Nourishment; one who feeds (auto_____ = makes its own food)

-peri

Around (____cardium = sac around the heart