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Spell Bee Word: Ecologist


What does ecologist mean?

Word: Ecologist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ecologist means a scientist who studies how plants, animals and people live together and depend on their surroundings.

Synonyms: environmental scientist

How do you spell ecologist?

Syllables: e - col - o - gist

Tricky part: It starts with eco, as in eco-friendly, not eko or eck.

Watch out for: ekologist, ecoligist, ecologest

Memory tip: An ecologist is the scientist behind eco-friendly ideas, and both begin with the same eco.

Ecologist in a sentence

Example 1: An ecologist counted the frogs in the wetland every evening during the monsoon.

Example 2: The ecologist explained how cutting the mangroves would harm the fish.

Example 3: Ananya wants to be an ecologist and study the forests of the Western Ghats.

Fun Fact

The German scientist Ernst Haeckel coined the name of this science in 1866, from Greek oikos, meaning house or home.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) ecolojist
b) botanist
c) geologist
d) zoologist

Show answer

a) ecolojist. Like zoologist and geologist, the ending is gist, with a g.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

glocoitse

a) ecologist
b) oncologist
c) logistic
d) colonist

Show answer

a) ecologist. Logistic needs a second i and no e, oncologist needs an n and a third o, and colonist an n.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ecollogist

a) g
b) o
c) l
d) c

Show answer

c) l. The l stands alone between two o's: e-col-o-gist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An ecologist would be keen to find out ____.

a) why bridges crack in the cold
b) why some stars look red
c) why frogs are vanishing from a lake
d) why old copper coins turn green

Show answer

c) why frogs are vanishing from a lake

2. An ecologist studying a coral reef would be most worried about ____.

a) trawlers dragging nets over the coral
b) a new lighthouse being painted
c) a change in the ferry timetable
d) a drop in the price of fish

Show answer

a) trawlers dragging nets over the coral

Associated Words

Words that end in -ogist: virologist, anthropologist, radiologist, ophthalmologist, neurologist, sociologist

More words from this list

gland, lecturer, outrageous, sandpaper, troupe, adhesive, bewilder, conservationist

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