Tuesday, April 22, 2008

A peak into my simple mind

Today while walking and thinking about the weather, I blanked trying to remember what a person who studies weather is called. When I remembered "meteorologist" I, like an average third grader, wondered But what is someone who studies meteors called?

In looking for the answer, off of an elementary school website in fact, I found this:

A chemist studies chemicals. A psychologist studies psychology. A geneticist studies genes. But does a meteorologist study meteors? The answer is yes! The word meteorologist comes from the Greek word meteor. This word meant high in the air.

A meteor can be anything that falls through the air. So, raindrops, dust, and snowflakes can be thought of as atmospheric "meteors." Scientists have different names for different kinds of weather meteors.

Interesting (I guess) but not really the answer I was hoping for.

From a different website: meteoricist.

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