The benefits of studying Latin are all-encompassing. Closely connected to English, Latin enables students familiar with it to better understand English vocabulary words. Latin students also typically see an increase in SAT scores. Studying Latin vocabulary brings students in contact with word roots, prefixes, and suffixes, which constitute 60% of all English words and 90% of those over two syllables long. Students can also relate more easily to many terms they are asked to learn in geography, biology, astronomy, math, civics, and social studies.