Types of Scientists

What does an astronomer study?

• Body parts and devices

• All forms of life

• Outer space, the solar system, and objects in it

• Blood and its diseases

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What is the focus of a paleontologist's study?

• Classification

• Dinosaurs and fossils

• Insects

• Minerals

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Who studies the processes that change and shape the Earth?

• Geophysicist

• Ecologist

• Hematologist

• Herpetologist

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What does a botanist study?

• Reptiles and amphibians

• Plant life

• Mammals

• Rocks, minerals, and earth's land forms

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Which specialist studies insects?

• Ichthyologist

• Entomologist

• Mammologist

• Ornithologist

What does an audiologist study?

• The ocean

• Sound and its properties

• Viruses

• The structure of cells

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What is the focus of study for a meteorologist?

• The atmosphere and weather

• Human life remains

• Water and the water cycle

• The environment

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What does an environmentalist study?

• Volcanoes

• The ocean

• The environment

• Life forms found in the ocean

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What is the area of study for a marine biologist?

• The structure of cells

• The remains of human life

• The life forms found in the ocean

• Sound and its properties

What does an oceanographer study?

• Viruses

• The water cycle

• The ocean

• Volcanoes

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