Different Kinds of Scientists

There are lots of different kinds of scientists!

Neptune's moon
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Astronomers study the planets and stars in space.

Mustard plant, flower,
Copyright John Kennedy

Biologists study plants and animals. They investigate things like how plants live and grow and how animals live.

Chemists try to find out what things are made of, and often make new things.

Three Rock Mountain

Three Rock Mountain, located in the Dublin Mountains.

Three Rock Mountain

Three Rock Mountain

Three Rock Mountain, located in the Dublin Mountains.

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Geologists study rocks to see what the Earth is made of.

Professor Nicholas Callan

Professor Nicholas Callan, physicist and inventor of the Induction Coil, Maynooth 1830

Courtesy of the National Science Museum

Professor Nicholas Callan
Courtesy of the National Science Museum

Professor Nicholas Callan

Professor Nicholas Callan, physicist and inventor of the Induction Coil, Maynooth 1830

Courtesy of the National Science Museum

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Physicists study lots of different things that have energy and can make things happen ( like electricity, magnetism, light, sound, heat). They also study forces – pushes and pulls and movement.

There are lots of other kinds of scientists, who study the weather, the sea and many other different things.