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Influential Scientists Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet
Directions:
Circle the correct definition for each word.
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1. Archaeologist |
A) studies historic past life and culture.
B) studies the nature, function, and diseases of the blood.
C) studies fungi found in an area.
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2. Astronomer |
A) studies historic past life and culture.
B) studies the material universe beyond the atmosphere of
Earth.
C) studies physical geography dealing with the ocean.
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3. Biologist |
A) studies historic past life and culture.
B) studies viruses and the diseases caused by them.
C) studies plant and animal life.
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4. Chemist |
A) studies the composition and properties of matter.
B) studies minerals, including their distribution, identification,
and properties.
C) studies matter, energy, motion, and force.
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5. Entomologist |
A) studies insects.
B) studies fish.
C) studies birds.
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6. Geologist |
A) studies plant and animal life.
B) studies matter, energy, motion, and force.
C) studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
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7. Geophysicist |
A) studies birds.
B) studies the physics of the earth and its atmosphere.
C) studies minerals, including their distribution, identification,
and properties.
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8. Hematologist |
A) studies the nature, function, and diseases of the blood.
B) studies physical geography dealing with the ocean.
C) studies insects.
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9. Ichthyologist |
A) studies the physics of the earth and its atmosphere.
B) studies viruses and the diseases caused by them.
C) studies fish.
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10. Meteorologist |
A) studies fish.
B) studies atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.
C) studies earthquakes and their phenomena.
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11. Mineralogist |
A) studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
B) studies atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.
C) studies minerals, including their distribution, identification,
and properties.
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12. Mycologist |
A) studies birds.
B) studies the forms of life existing in former geologic
periods.
C) studies fungi found in an area.
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13. Oceanographer |
A) studies physical geography dealing with the ocean.
B) studies fish.
C) studies the forms of life existing in former geologic
periods.
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14. Ornithologist |
A) studies birds.
B) studies historic past life and culture.
C) studies matter, energy, motion, and force.
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15. Paleontologist |
A) studies the forms of life existing in former geologic
periods.
B) studies atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.
C) studies matter, energy, motion, and force.
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16. Physicist |
A) studies atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.
B) studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
C) studies matter, energy, motion, and force.
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17. Seismologist |
A) studies earthquakes and their phenomena.
B) studies physical geography dealing with the ocean.
C) studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
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18. Taxonomist |
A) studies insects.
B) studies the nature, function, and diseases of the blood.
C) studies techniques of classification.
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19. Virologist |
A) studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
B) studies historic past life and culture.
C) studies viruses and the diseases caused by them.
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