biologist

Everyday

A scientist who studies living things such as plants, animals, people and tiny living things like bacteria. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons it names a job: biologists observe, experiment and record how living things grow, feed, move and survive. In careers talk it shows how science leads to work in hospitals, labs, zoos, oceans and forests. Kinds include marine biologists (sea life) and wildlife biologists.

Examples

• A biologist studies how frogs grow from tadpoles. tree →
• My aunt is a marine biologist who studies whales. tree →
• The biologist looked at the cells under a microscope. tree →
• Charles Darwin was a famous biologist. tree →
• Biologists count the birds in the forest every spring. tree →
• When I grow up, I want to be a biologist. tree →
• The biologist explained how bees help flowers. tree →

Note

Countable: a biologist, biologists. bio = life, -logist = someone who studies. Subject: biology; adjective: biological. Stress: bye-OL-o-jist.