Word Power Session 11

Question 0

Astronomer

Answer 0

The field is the heavens and all that’s in them—planets, galaxies, stars, and other universes

Question 1

Anthropologist

Answer 1

The field is all mankind; how we developed in mind and body from primitive cultures and early forms.

Question 2

Geologist

Answer 2

The field is the comparatively little and insignificant whirling ball on which we live—the earth

Question 3

Biologist

Answer 3

The field is all living organisms—from the simplest one-celled amoeba to the amazingly complex and mystifying structure we call a human being

Question 4

Botanist

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Biology classifies life into two great divisions—plant and animal.

Question 5

Zoologist

Answer 5

Animals of every description, kind, and condition, from birds to bees, fish to fowl, reptiles to humans, are the special area of exploration of this scientist

Question 6

Entomologist

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There are over 650,000 different species of insects, and millions of individual of every species—and this scientist is interested in every one of them.

Question 7

Philologist

Answer 7

This linguistic scientist explored the subtle, intangible, elusive uses of that unique tool that distinguishes human beings from all other forms of life—to wit: language

Question 8

Semanticist

Answer 8

This linguistic scientist explored the subtle, intangible, elusive relationship between language and thinking, between meaning and words

Question 9

Sociologist

Answer 9

This scientist is a student of the ways in which people live to gether, their family and community structures and customs, their housing, their social relationships, etc.