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Biology
9th Grade
09/20/2009
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A-
 Definition
Without, not having
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Anti-
 Definition
Against
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Aqua-
 Definition
Fresh water
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Auto-
 Definition
Self
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Baro-
 Definition
Pressure
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Ben-
 Definition
Good
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Bi-
 Definition
Two; in halves
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Bio-
 Definition
Life
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Carbo-
 Definition
Carbon
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Cata-
 Definition
to break down
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Cent-
 Definition
Hundred
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Chemo-
 Definition
Chemicals
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Chloro-
 Definition
Green
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Chromo-
 Definition
Color
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Chron-
 Definition
Time
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Di-
 Definition
Two
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Dis-
 Definition
Not
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Dys-
 Definition
Faulty; bad
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Eco-
 Definition
House; habitat
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Ex-
 Definition
Out of, from
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-genesis
 Definition
Beginning, formation
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Geo-
 Definition
Earth
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Graph-
 Definition
Picture
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Hetero-
 Definition
Different, other, unlike
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Homo-
 Definition
Man (Greek), same (Latin)
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Hydro-
 Definition
Water
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Hyper-
 Definition
Above; more than normal
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Hypo-
 Definition
Below; less than normal
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Inter-
 Definition
Between
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Intra-
 Definition
Within
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Iso-
 Definition
Equal, same
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-lyse
 Definition
To break down, digest
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Macro-
 Definition
Large
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Mal-
 Definition
Bad
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Mega-
 Definition
Great, large, million
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Meta-
 Definition
Change
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Micro-
 Definition
Small
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Milli-
 Definition
Thousand
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-mobile
 Definition
Move
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Mono-
 Definition
One
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Morph-
 Definition
Form, shape
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Neo-
 Definition
New
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Nova-
 Definition
New
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-ology
 Definition
to study
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Omni-
 Definition
All, everything
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Para-
 Definition
Related, next to
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-phobia
 Definition
Fear
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Photo-
 Definition
Light
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Psych-
 Definition
Mind
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Poly-
 Definition
Many
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Post-
 Definition
After
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Pre-
 Definition
Before, in front of
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Pro-
 Definition
First
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Proto-
 Definition
First
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Pseudo-
 Definition
False, not real
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Sci-
 Definition
to know
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Sub-
 Definition
Under, beneath
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Super-
 Definition
Above
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Sym-
 Definition
With, together
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Syn-
 Definition
With, together
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-synthesis
 Definition
to make or produce
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Terra-
 Definition
Earth, land
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Thermo-
 Definition
Temperature, heat
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-thesis
 Definition
Statement supporting an argument
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Trans-
 Definition
Across, change
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Tri-
 Definition
Three
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Zoa-
 Definition
Animal
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