The prefix The prefix bio- is attached to many English words and is Latin for "life." The study of life is called biology. A person that studies life is known as a biologist. Often, it can be attached to other fields of study or concentration to specific further. Virtually any scientific field can be studied under the umbrella of bio-study (or life study). For example, chemistry is the study of
. the interaction and characteristics of atoms and molecules, but when those interactions apply to organic function, the field becomes biochemistry. If a person wants to specifically study the molecular structure in life, then they will study biomolecular research. This simply specifies the area of concentration. When a person wants to study the different types of life forms, whether plant or animal, that exist in an area, they are looking for an area's biodiversity. When an area does not have enough biodiversity, animals can grow out of control. For example, in the US, since most natural predators were killed off in the last two centuries, the deer population frequently needs culling. This means there is not enough biodiversity. When writing a book about a person's life, a biographer is writing a biography, and often asks for biographical information. If someone decided to write the story of their own life, they are writing an autobiography. In this, we have three separate Latin words working together. Auto means "self." Bio means "life." Graph means "writing." Biosphere 2 was a failed closed environment experiment in the 1990s. It was built in the Arizona desert and called Biosphere 2 because Biosphere 1 is Earth itself. The experiment ended up a failure after several tries because of dangerous carbon dioxide levels. This is only a small sample of nouns that begin with the prefix "bio." Since the prefix means "life" then there will never be a shortage of words to apply it to. bio- is attached to many English words More Reference Links: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/BIO http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bio-
