This is a
generic page leading to a range of specific study.
   
 
Scientists undertake lots of experiments, such as
laboratory tests, so they can find useful information and solve problems.
There are four main disciplines of science:
- Chemistry - the study of chemicals,
- Physics - the study of the physical world,
- Biology - the study of living things.
- Geology - the study of rocks
The "scientific method" is the special way or
process by which a scientist researches a problem.
Scientists are often used:
- to give explanations about why things happen,
- by companies to produce new products such as medicines,
- by other scientists to improve their own research and results
To become a scientist, you need to study one of the
disciplines at university and get a degree in that discipline.
These branches can be broken down into many areas with each area
specialising in their area of research:
Go to each linked page
on this website.
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Arachnologist - studies spiders
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Agricultural Scientist - studies agricultural issues
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Animal Scientist
- studies domestic animals and helps
farmers with genetics, quality of food production
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Astronomer
- studies
space, which includes the
stars, the planets and the galaxies
- Botanist
- studies plants
- Biochemist
- studies chemistry of nature
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Biologist - studies living
things
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Biometrician - are the
mathematicians of the biological, agricultural, and health science
communities
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Biotechnologist - use
biological organisms to create and improve products and processes
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Botanist - studies plants
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Entomologist
- studies insects
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Environmental Scientists/Ecologists
- studies the environment
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Exercise/Sports Scientists - studies the body in relation to
fitness and physiology
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Forensic Anthropologist
- study old bones to determine the age, sex, and
medical history, along with other identification factors, of
deceased persons.
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Forensic Scientist - studies how clues are left behind and
uses or creates tests to do this
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Forester
- studies trees and the ecology of the forest
- Geneticist - studies how cells are created and how the
genetic material DNA works
- Geologist - studies rocks and their formation
- Geophysicist
- studies the earth using physics
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Horticultural Scientists - applies knowledge to the
cultivation of plants
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Hydrologist -
study and monitor the occurrence, quality and movement of
water.
- Immunologist - studies the immune system of the body
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Marine Biologist
- studies creatures that live in water
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Medical
Laboratory Scientist - studies how disease works
and its prevention
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Meteorologist
- studies the effect of the weather
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Microbiologist - studies micro-organisms
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Oceanographer - study
water, sea life, weather and climates
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Pharmacologist - study and
evaluate the origin, effects and mechanisms of drugs and develop
them for human and animal use.
- Physicist
- explores
and identifies the basic principles that govern the structure and
behaviour of matter, the interaction between energy and matter, and
the generation and transfer of energy.
- Physiologists - studies the functional processes eg. digestive
system, of plants or animals
- Soil Scientist - studies the soil
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Toxicologist - studies the
harmful effects of chemical, physical and biological agents on
living organisms by detecting and examining the symptoms, mechanisms
and treatments of poisoning (especially the poisoning of people).
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Viticulturists/Oenologists
- studies the microbiology and
chemistry involved in making wine
- Zoologist - studies animals
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Did You Know?
If you could remove all the space from the atoms that make up
your body, you could walk through the eye of a needle!
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