What does geneticist mean?
Word: Geneticist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Geneticist means a scientist who studies how features such as eye colour pass from parents to their young.
How do you spell geneticist?
Syllables: ge - net - i - cist
Tricky part: The s sound before the ending is spelt c, so genetisist is a common slip.
Watch out for: genetisist, genetissist
Memory tip: Physics gives physicist with the c left in place, even though it softens to an s sound.
Geneticist in a sentence
Example 1: The geneticist explained why some sweet peas have purple flowers and others white.
Example 2: A geneticist at the research centre in Hyderabad spends her days studying wheat.
Example 3: Nisha met a geneticist at the science fair and asked how twins can look so alike.
Fun Fact
The English biologist William Bateson is usually credited with naming the science of genetics, in 1905.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
genetic____
a) ist
b) ast
c) est
d) yst
Show answer
a) ist. Words for people who practise a science often take ist, as biologist does.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The geneticist showed our class how cotton plants have changed over many generatoins.
a) class
b) generatoins
c) geneticist
d) cotton
Show answer
b) generatoins. Generations has io ahead of the n.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) biolojist
b) botonist
c) zoologest
d) geneticist
Show answer
d) geneticist. Biologist has a g, zoologist ends in ist, and botanist has a after the t.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ngieectsti
a) gentleness
b) generosity
c) negligence
d) geneticist
Show answer
d) geneticist. The jumble holds two i's and two t's, and only one option matches.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which question would a geneticist be most keen to answer?
a) how far a rain cloud can drift
b) when a volcano may next erupt
c) why a calf has its mother's markings
d) what makes a bridge stay up
Show answer
c) why a calf has its mother's markings
2. A geneticist working with rice farmers would most likely try to ____.
a) breed plants that survive dry spells
b) build canals that carry more water
c) design tractors that use less fuel
d) open shops that sell cheaper seed
Show answer
a) breed plants that survive dry spells
