AP Environmental Science: Vocabulary Foundation

not; without; lacking; deficient

a-; an- (anaerobic)

against; opposite

anti-

man; human

anthropo- (anthropology)

water

aqu-

primitive; ancient

archaeo- (archaeologist)

joint; articulation

arthro-

forms names of enzymes

-ase (ex: polymerase)

the act of…

-ation

self

auto- (autobiography)

two; twice

bi- (Latin) (bicycle)

life; living

bi-; bio- (Greek) (biology)

heart

cardi- (cardiovascular)

hundredth

centi-

dealing with chemicals

chem-

green

chloro- (chlorophyll)

color

chrom-

with; together

co-

cell; hollow container

cyt-; -cyte (cytoplasm)

ten

deca- (decameter)

tenth

deci-

skin

derm-

two; double

di-; dipl- (Latin)

house

eco- (ecology)

outside of

ecto- (ex: ectoplasm)

well; good; true; normal

eu-

out of; away from

exo- (exoskeleton)

beyond; outside

extra- (extraordinary)

stomach

gastro- (gastropod)

land; earth

geo-

sweet; sugar

gluc-; glyc- (glucose, glycolic)

hundred

hecto-

grass; plants

herb- (herbivore)

different; other

hetero- (heterozygous)

man; human

homo- (Latin) (homosapien)

same; alike

homo- (Greek) (homologous)

water

hydr- (hydrogen)

above; beyond; over

hyper-

below; under; less

hypo-

within; inside

intra- (intraspecific)

equal; same

iso- (isosceles)

cell nucleus

-kary- (eukaryotes)

thousand

kilo-

fat

lip- (lipid)

one who studies…

-logist (biologist)

study of…

-logy

decompose; split; dissolve

-lys-; -lyt-; -lyst (hydrolysis, catalyst)

large

macro- (macromolecules)

between; along; after

met-; meta- (metamorphosis)

measurement

-meter; -metry (millimeter, geometry)

small; millionth

micro- (microorganism, micrometer)

thousandth

milli-

one; single

mono- (monoxide)

shape; form

morph-

many

multi-

egg

oo-

egg

ov-

old; ancient

paleo-

pass; go

permea- (ex: permeation)

eat

phage-

stage

phase-

light

photo-

leaf

-phyll (chlorophyll)

form; formed into

plasm-; -plast- (rhinoplasty)

many; several

poly-

after; behind

post- (postgraduate; posterior)

before; ahead of time

pre- (ex: prefix)

first; primary

proto- (prototype)

sugar

sacchar- (saccharides)

half; partly

semi-

body

som-; somat- (somatic cells)

seed

-sperm-

standing; placed; staying

stat-; -stasis (static)

under; below

sub-

over; above; on top

super-; sur- (surface)

together

sym-; syn- (symbiosis)

end

telo- (ex: telophase)

heat

-therm- (hypothermia)

across

trans- (transfer)

three

tri- (triangle)

nourishment; one who feeds

-troph- (autotrophic)

one

uni- (unit)

animal

zoo-; -zoa (zoologist, protozoa)

joined together

zyg- (zygote)