Unit 5
fac, rupt, ast, geo, morph
Name _______________________ Date _________________
Time Flies
Latin root for make. Many things made in a factory are manufactured. An
artifact is something made long ago that is of cultural or historical interest. A
benefactor is someone who makes or provides something good for others.
Latin root for make: ____ ____ ____
Greek root for star. Astronomy is the study of outer space. An astronaut is a space traveler. An asterisk is this star-shaped symbol: *. An asteroid is a large rock in space that is smaller than a planet.
Greek root for star: ____ ____ ____
Greek root for earth. Geography is the study of the surface of Earth. Geology is the study of rocks, soils, minerals, and other things that make up a planet. Geometry is the study of points, lines, angles, curves, surfaces, and solid shapes.
Greek root for earth: ____ ____ ____
Latin root for break. As a volcano erupts, hot magma from the center of the
Earth breaks through the surface crust. When you break into someone else’s
conversation you interrupt them. People who are bankrupt are unable to pay
because they are “broke.”
Latin root for break: ____ ____ ____ ____
Greek root for shape. A tadpole goes through metamorphosis to become a frog,
completely changing shape and form. Something amorphous has no shape. When
an image on the computer screen morphs, it changes from one thing to another.
Greek root for shape: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
fac, rupt, ast, geo, morph
Name _______________________ Date _________________
Time Flies
Latin root for make. Many things made in a factory are manufactured. An
artifact is something made long ago that is of cultural or historical interest. A
benefactor is someone who makes or provides something good for others.
Latin root for make: ____ ____ ____
Greek root for star. Astronomy is the study of outer space. An astronaut is a space traveler. An asterisk is this star-shaped symbol: *. An asteroid is a large rock in space that is smaller than a planet.
Greek root for star: ____ ____ ____
Greek root for earth. Geography is the study of the surface of Earth. Geology is the study of rocks, soils, minerals, and other things that make up a planet. Geometry is the study of points, lines, angles, curves, surfaces, and solid shapes.
Greek root for earth: ____ ____ ____
Latin root for break. As a volcano erupts, hot magma from the center of the
Earth breaks through the surface crust. When you break into someone else’s
conversation you interrupt them. People who are bankrupt are unable to pay
because they are “broke.”
Latin root for break: ____ ____ ____ ____
Greek root for shape. A tadpole goes through metamorphosis to become a frog,
completely changing shape and form. Something amorphous has no shape. When
an image on the computer screen morphs, it changes from one thing to another.
Greek root for shape: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____