What does biochemist mean?
Word: Biochemist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Biochemist means a scientist who studies the chemical substances and reactions that take place inside living things.
How do you spell biochemist?
Syllables: bi - o - chem - ist
Tricky part: Students often write the ending as est; it is ist, as for most people named after their work.
Watch out for: biochemest, biochimist, biochemisst
Memory tip: A scientist in a white coat studying a living leaf is a biochemist: the word ends in ist, like scientist and dentist.
Biochemist in a sentence
Example 1: The biochemist studied how our bodies turn food into energy.
Example 2: My cousin wants to become a biochemist and work on new medicines.
Example 3: A team of biochemists in Oxford is testing a cheaper vaccine.
Fun Fact
Har Gobind Khorana, an Indian-born biochemist, shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the genetic code.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____chemist
a) byo
b) bia
c) beo
d) bio
Show answer
d) bio. Bio, meaning life, is spelt the same way as in biology.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) geolojist
b) biochemist
c) sientist
d) physisist
Show answer
b) biochemist. Scientist and physicist each need a c that is missing here, and geologist has a g, not a j.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
chimbistoe
a) biochemical
b) biologist
c) chemistry
d) biochemist
Show answer
d) biochemist. Chemistry ends in ry, biochemical in cal and biologist in logist; only biochemist fits these letters.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The biokemist tested the leaf samples to see how much sugar they stored.
a) stored
b) biokemist
c) tested
d) samples
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b) biokemist. The k sound in chemist is written ch.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A biochemist would most likely study ____.
a) how enzymes help us digest food
b) the layers of rock in a mountain
c) coins and pots from ancient times
d) the movement of stars and planets
Show answer
a) how enzymes help us digest food
2. Where would a biochemist most likely work?
a) an airport control tower
b) a television news studio
c) a medical research laboratory
d) a car repair workshop
Show answer
c) a medical research laboratory
