Week 9 Root Words

-sis	condition, state
solv	loosen, free	When you dissolve salt, you loosen or free the sodium and chloride ions from the salt crystal.
som somat some	body	Chromosomes were named before their function was known. The name was the result of the ability of chromosomes to absorb dyes to make them easy to see under the microscope, so they were just called chromosomes (colored bodies)
son	sound	Sonar uses sound to detect surroundings.
spec/spic	look at	A spectator is watching something happen.
sperm	seed	Gymnosperms have their seeds in a cone, like a pine cone, instead of in a fruit. (gymno = bare, sperm = seed, so they are bare seeds)
spher	ball, round	The biosphere is the entire part of Earth (a big ball) where living things can be found.
spir, spire	breath	Respiration is the process of breaking glucose into usable cellular energy, consuming oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.
spor	seed
stat/stasis	standing, placed, staying	A place for someone to stand and wait for something.