Question

Some modern areas of study have names based on Greek. mark each of the following areas of study if its name has a Greek origin

Answer 1

The answers are:

a. biology - comes from the Greek ''bios'' which means ''life'', and ''logia'' which means ''study of''.

b. physics - comes from the Greek ''physike'' which means ''knowledge of nature''.

c. geography - comes from the Greek ''geographia'' which means ''earth description''.

d. algebra - comes from the Arabic ''al-jabr'' which means ''reunion of broken parts''.

e. philosophy - comes from the Greek ''philosphia'' which means ''love of wisdom''.