### person | scientist:

Oceanographer
* Many oceanographers are interested in how much the height of the sea surface changes over time
  - collect data then create computer models, or simulations, of ocean phenomena
* Most oceanographers do their work on boats in the ocean
  - specialize in one area and discipline
  - work in fields that use science to solve a particular problem in the ocean
* Some oceanographers work in ocean research at other organizations.
* also present their research at scientific meetings and in scientific journals.
* are global scientists who study a wide variety of topics
  - people who study oceans
  - scientists who study the ocean and the organisms in the ocean
* become increasingly interested in underwater sound.
* call all small animals critters.
* define distinct water masses based on their physical and chemical characteristics.
* divide the ocean into different zones by physical and biological conditions.
* generally do all of their work on boats in the ocean.
* have many uses for gene technology
  - two theories on rip current formation
* hope to determine why whales tend to concentrate in some areas and shun others.
* investigate the physical, chemical, biological, and geologic dynamics of oceans.
* monitor how much sediment is in the water and what components make up the sediment.
* now understand the oceanic circulation much better than ten years ago.
* often use chemical techniques which can be quite sensitive in identifying plankton.
* report salinity in parts per thousand.
* seek to understand the physical and chemical processes of the oceans.
* serve in a wide variety of jobs.
* sometimes go underwater.
* study how waves move through the ocean and how the air and sea interact.
* study the ocean floor and physical aspects of the ocean
* use a number of different instruments and techniques to collect data
  - diagrams of satellite measurements to figure out what is happening in the ocean
* work at sea, on land, in laboratories, and at computers
  - for the federal government, for private industry and for universities

### person | scientist | oceanographer:

Biological oceanographer
* investigate marine organisms and their relationship to the environment.
* study marine life.

Geological oceanographer
* are the earth's real historians.
* study and map the ocean floor
  - the ocean bottom

Physical oceanographer
* are geophysicists who study the physical aspects of the ocean.
* have the most enviable position of all marine scientists.
* study the ocean's circulation, currents, waves, and tides
  - physical aspects of oceans

Other scientist
* collect samples.
* have different ideas
* look at images.
* maintain distinction.
* observe patterns
  - recessive patterns
* offer contributions.
* produce evidence
  - solid evidence
* see evidence.
* study causes.
* support darwin theories
* take approaches
  - conservative approaches
* use scientific techniques
  - similar techniques

### person | scientist:

Palaeontologist
* Most palaeontologists consider the larger shells to have been female and the smaller ones male
  - work for museums, universities or national parks
* Some palaeontologists believe it ran on two legs, but the majority think that it did so on four.
* commonly identify five global extinction events in Earth's history.
* frequently discover fossils of dinosaurs that have never before been seen.
* know of several sites with fossils of many different kinds of animals.
* now agree that birds evolved from Maniraptora group of dinosaurs.
* say they have found dinosaur footprints in the far north of Canada.
+ Bird, Evolution and taxonomy, The first bird-like creatures:
  * Palaeontologists now agree that birds evolved from Maniraptora group of dinosaurs. This explains why some consider birds to be living dinosaurs.